Black diamond Brian Head, UT
Apache Pitch drops 225 vertical feet over 989 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Apache Pitch gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,210 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.