Black diamond Soda Springs, CA
Crespillo drops 250 vertical feet over 1,216 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Crespillo gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Soda Springs. Its top sits at 7,130 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.