Black diamond Maverick Mountain, MT
Ripper drops 782 vertical feet over 2,196 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 18 named runs at Maverick Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Ripper gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Maverick Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Maverick Mountain. Its top sits at 8,290 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.
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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.