Blue Bear Valley, CA
Water Tank drops 397 vertical feet over 2,987 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 8°, Water Tank gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,240 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.