Black diamond Grand Targhee, WY
The Ugly drops 443 vertical feet over 1,089 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 83 named runs at Grand Targhee. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 24°, The Ugly gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Grand Targhee does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Grand Targhee. Its top sits at 9,100 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.