Blue Kelly Canyon, ID
Ernie's drops 436 vertical feet over 1,589 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Ernie's gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,460 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.