Black diamond Soda Springs, CA
Race Course drops 449 vertical feet over 2,028 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Race Course gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th 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.