Black diamond Heavenly, CA
Pinnacles drops 1,036 vertical feet over 3,234 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 2,260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 19°, Pinnacles gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 9,800 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.