Black diamond Diamond Peak, NV
Thunder drops 517 vertical feet over 1,410 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 30 named runs at Diamond Peak. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 22°, Thunder gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Diamond Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Diamond Peak. Its top sits at 8,390 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.