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Dipper Bowl

Black diamond Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical523 ft
Length2,037 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top9,658 ft

Dipper Bowl drops 523 vertical feet over 2,037 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces east.

How well Dipper Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 15°, Dipper Bowl gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 9,660 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Dipper Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dipper Bowl 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.