Black diamond A-Basin, CO
Challenger drops 211 vertical feet over 669 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 19°, Challenger gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 11,710 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.