Black diamond China Peak, CA
Dick's drops 451 vertical feet over 1,150 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 54 named runs at China Peak. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Dick's gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at China Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at China Peak. Its top sits at 8,470 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.