Black diamond Northstar, CA
Challenger drops 1,198 vertical feet over 6,250 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 3,890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 11°, Challenger gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 8,350 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.