Black diamond Beaver Mountain, UT
South Face drops 873 vertical feet over 2,548 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, South Face gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 8,240 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.