Double black Brundage, ID
Backbreaker Rocks drops 177 vertical feet over 561 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 76 named runs at Brundage. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 19°, Backbreaker Rocks gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brundage does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Brundage. Its top sits at 7,380 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.