Black diamond Soda Springs, CA
Upper Mad Dog drops 371 vertical feet over 1,275 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Upper Mad Dog gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Soda Springs. Its top sits at 7,330 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.