Black diamond Brian Head, UT
Giant Steps drops 1,135 vertical feet over 4,836 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 2,840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Giant Steps gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,900 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.