Blue Snow Valley, CA
Nord Valley drops 418 vertical feet over 4,358 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 6°, Nord Valley gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,830 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.