Black diamond Deer Valley, UT
Ruins Of Pompeii drops 937 vertical feet over 2,292 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Ruins Of Pompeii gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,210 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.