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Tower 19 Trees

Black diamond Schweitzer, ID

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical903 ft
Length3,799 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top5,611 ft

Tower 19 Trees drops 903 vertical feet over 3,799 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 98 named runs at Schweitzer. It faces east.

How well Tower 19 Trees holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 15°, Tower 19 Trees gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Schweitzer does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Schweitzer. Its top sits at 5,610 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.

Tower 19 Trees profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tower 19 Trees elsewhere

Nearby at Schweitzer

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.