Black diamond Great Divide, MT
High Noon drops 271 vertical feet over 803 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 123 named runs at Great Divide. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, High Noon gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Great Divide does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Great Divide. Its top sits at 6,440 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.