Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Emerald drops 462 vertical feet over 1,533 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Emerald gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 74th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,250 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.