Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Lucky Bud drops 261 vertical feet over 656 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 300 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 northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Lucky Bud gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 82nd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,690 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.