Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY
Headwall drops 694 vertical feet over 1,641 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 25°, Headwall gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,650 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.