Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Papa Joe drops 1,052 vertical feet over 2,228 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 28°, Papa Joe gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,210 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.