Blue Diamond Peak, NV
Crystal Ridge drops 928 vertical feet over 3,966 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 30 named runs at Diamond Peak. It faces southwest.
Facing southwest at an average 14°, Crystal Ridge gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Diamond Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Diamond Peak. Its top sits at 8,520 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.