Black diamond Heavenly, CA
Mott Canyon Trail drops 416 vertical feet over 3,132 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 116th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 8°, Mott Canyon Trail gets about 87% 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 41st sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 9,330 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.
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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.