Black diamond Alta, UT
Race Course drops 633 vertical feet over 1,907 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Race Course gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 10,230 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.