Black diamond Mt Baldy, CA
Andy's Alley drops 246 vertical feet over 560 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 26 named runs at Mt Baldy. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 26°, Andy's Alley gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baldy does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Mt Baldy. Its top sits at 8,320 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.