Black diamond Alta, UT
Last Chance drops 622 vertical feet over 3,026 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 2,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 13°, Last Chance gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 10,400 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.