Blue Snow Valley, CA
Little Bowl drops 191 vertical feet over 681 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Little Bowl gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,060 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.