Blue Mt Rose, NV
Big Bonanza drops 844 vertical feet over 2,364 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Big Bonanza gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 9,460 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.