Black diamond Brundage, ID
Stair Step drops 778 vertical feet over 2,509 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 76 named runs at Brundage. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 18°, Stair Step gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brundage does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Brundage. Its top sits at 7,410 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.