Black diamond Heavenly, CA
Milky Way Bowl drops 659 vertical feet over 1,379 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 29°, Milky Way Bowl gets about 35% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 10,010 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.