Black diamond Mt Rose, NV
Washoe Zephyr drops 804 vertical feet over 2,181 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Washoe Zephyr gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 9,330 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.