Black diamond Kelly Canyon, ID
Papa Bear drops 266 vertical feet over 802 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Papa Bear gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,080 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.