Black diamond Heavenly, CA
Waterfall drops 390 vertical feet over 1,033 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 22°, Waterfall gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,540 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.