Black diamond Soda Springs, CA
Nose Dive drops 448 vertical feet over 2,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Nose Dive gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Soda Springs. Its top sits at 7,250 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.