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North Face

Black diamond Lost Trail, MT

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical525 ft
Length1,323 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top7,691 ft

North Face drops 525 vertical feet over 1,323 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces east.

How well North Face holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 24°, North Face gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lost Trail does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Lost Trail. Its top sits at 7,690 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

North Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Face elsewhere

Nearby at Lost Trail

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.