Black diamond Schweitzer, ID
South Ridge drops 625 vertical feet over 4,580 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 87th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, South Ridge gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 6,390 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.