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Advanced Round-a-Bout

Black diamond Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical528 ft
Length1,978 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSW
Top8,233 ft

Advanced Round-a-Bout drops 528 vertical feet over 1,978 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces southwest.

How well Advanced Round-a-Bout holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 16°, Advanced Round-a-Bout gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,230 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Advanced Round-a-Bout profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Advanced Round-a-Bout elsewhere

Nearby at Heavenly

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.