Black diamond Granite Peak, WI
Black Bear drops 354 vertical feet over 1,548 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 59 named runs at Granite Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Black Bear gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Granite Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Granite Peak. Its top sits at 1,800 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.