Black diamond Antelope Butte, WY
J 9 drops 162 vertical feet over 541 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 40 named runs at Antelope Butte. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, J 9 gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Antelope Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Antelope Butte. Its top sits at 8,740 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.