Black diamond Lost Trail, MT
Salmon drops 368 vertical feet over 1,054 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 67 named runs at Lost Trail. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Salmon gets about 100% 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 34th sunniest named run at Lost Trail. Its top sits at 7,060 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.