Blue Heavenly, CA
Sam's Dream drops 441 vertical feet over 2,541 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, Sam's Dream gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 9,590 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.
under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.
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.