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Sundance

Black diamond Lookout Pass, ID

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical1,011 ft
Length3,334 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesS
Top5,520 ft

Sundance drops 1,011 vertical feet over 3,334 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 49 named runs at Lookout Pass. It faces south.

How well Sundance holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 18°, Sundance gets about 145% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lookout Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Lookout Pass. Its top sits at 5,520 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sundance profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sundance elsewhere

Nearby at Lookout Pass

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.