Double black Powder Mountain, UT
Waterfall drops 915 vertical feet over 2,160 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 204 named runs at Powder Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 27°, Waterfall gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Powder Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 81st sunniest named run at Powder Mountain. Its top sits at 8,640 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.