Black diamond Lost Trail, MT
Ripper drops 849 vertical feet over 3,220 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Ripper gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lost Trail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Lost Trail. Its top sits at 8,150 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.