Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT
Golden Hour drops 788 vertical feet over 1,956 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Golden Hour gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 7,910 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.