Black diamond Bridger Bowl, MT
The John drops 260 vertical feet over 677 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 46 named runs at Bridger Bowl. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, The John gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bridger Bowl does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Bridger Bowl. Its top sits at 7,630 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.