Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY
Middle Earth drops 224 vertical feet over 1,470 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 66th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 9°, Middle Earth gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 69th sunniest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,010 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.