Black diamond Kelly Canyon, ID
The Slide drops 457 vertical feet over 1,068 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 49 named runs at Kelly Canyon. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 26°, The Slide gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kelly Canyon does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Kelly Canyon. Its top sits at 6,480 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.