Black diamond Powder Mountain, UT
Motherlode drops 547 vertical feet over 1,332 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Motherlode gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,700 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.