Double black Bear Valley, CA
West Ridge drops 384 vertical feet over 1,624 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, West Ridge gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,080 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.