Double black Heavenly, CA
Promised Land drops 298 vertical feet over 712 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, Promised Land gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th shadiest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,710 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.