Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Free Thinker drops 776 vertical feet over 1,916 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Free Thinker gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,490 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.