Green Mt Rose, NV
Dragon's Tail drops 139 vertical feet over 1,685 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 1,500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 5°, Dragon's Tail gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 8,450 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.