Black diamond Diamond Peak, NV
Lightning drops 771 vertical feet over 2,083 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 30 named runs at Diamond Peak. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 22°, Lightning gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Diamond Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Diamond Peak. Its top sits at 8,280 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.