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The Burn

Black diamond Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical615 ft
Length1,928 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top8,360 ft

The Burn drops 615 vertical feet over 1,928 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces east.

How well The Burn holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 19°, The Burn gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,360 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Burn profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Burn elsewhere

Nearby at Heavenly

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.