Black diamond Park City, UT
Shaft drops 1,009 vertical feet over 3,006 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Shaft gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th shadiest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,750 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.