Blue Schweitzer, ID
Ridge Run drops 1,438 vertical feet over 4,574 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 2,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 18°, Ridge Run gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 6,160 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.