Black diamond Brian Head, UT
Bear Paw Pitch drops 324 vertical feet over 1,501 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Bear Paw Pitch gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,260 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.