Black diamond Heavenly, CA
Tamarack Woods drops 523 vertical feet over 1,442 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 21°, Tamarack Woods gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 9,480 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.