Double black Grand Targhee, WY
Reliable drops 384 vertical feet over 869 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 28°, Reliable gets about 41% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,340 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.