Double black Mountain High, CA
Olympic Bowl drops 563 vertical feet over 1,611 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Olympic Bowl gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,150 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.