Black diamond Mountain High, CA
Backdraft drops 370 vertical feet over 1,008 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Backdraft gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,640 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.