Black diamond Diamond Peak, NV
Diamondback drops 919 vertical feet over 2,387 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 30 named runs at Diamond Peak. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Diamondback gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Diamond Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Diamond Peak. Its top sits at 8,080 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.