Black diamond Great Divide, MT
Earthquake drops 478 vertical feet over 1,531 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 18°, Earthquake gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 82nd shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,850 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.