Blue Dodge Ridge, CA
Lil Nugget drops 166 vertical feet over 822 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lil Nugget gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 7,440 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.