Black diamond Mountain High, CA
Dragon drops 156 vertical feet over 443 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Dragon gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,700 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.