Black diamond Kirkwood, CA
The Drain drops 242 vertical feet over 1,717 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 58 named runs at Kirkwood. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 10°, The Drain gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kirkwood does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Kirkwood. Its top sits at 8,260 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.
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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.