Black diamond Lookout Pass, ID
Hercules drops 878 vertical feet over 2,121 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 49 named runs at Lookout Pass. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Hercules gets about 41% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lookout Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Lookout Pass. Its top sits at 5,420 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.