Black diamond Brighton, UT
Elk Park Ridge drops 796 vertical feet over 3,817 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 2,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 57 named runs at Brighton. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 13°, Elk Park Ridge gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brighton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Brighton. Its top sits at 9,720 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.