Black diamond Schweitzer, ID
Kaniksu Woods drops 428 vertical feet over 1,645 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Kaniksu Woods gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,010 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.