Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY
Northern Lights drops 635 vertical feet over 3,146 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 2,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Northern Lights gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 8,310 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.