Double black Mt Rose, NV
Cutthroat drops 318 vertical feet over 674 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 28°, Cutthroat gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 8,680 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.