Black diamond Dodge Ridge, CA
Elevator Shaft drops 358 vertical feet over 1,021 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Elevator Shaft gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 7,350 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.