Black diamond Mountain High, CA
Silverspur drops 455 vertical feet over 1,351 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Silverspur gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,500 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.