Black diamond Park City, UT
Tower drops 532 vertical feet over 1,328 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Tower gets about 72% 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 81st shadiest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 7,670 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.