Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Black Forest drops 607 vertical feet over 1,525 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Black Forest gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,870 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.