Black diamond Dodge Ridge, CA
Powder Keg drops 225 vertical feet over 748 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Powder Keg gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 7,390 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.