Black diamond Mountain High, CA
Wildcard drops 526 vertical feet over 1,697 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Wildcard 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 12th 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.