Black diamond Brian Head, UT
The Plunge drops 529 vertical feet over 2,506 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, The Plunge gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,890 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.