Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Buckeye drops 268 vertical feet over 1,275 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 12°, Buckeye gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,920 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.