Blue Brian Head, UT
Hard Times drops 743 vertical feet over 3,532 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Hard Times gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,810 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.