Black diamond Dodge Ridge, CA
Separator drops 381 vertical feet over 1,194 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Separator gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd 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.