Black diamond Seven Springs, PA
Giant Steps Slope drops 715 vertical feet over 3,132 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 47 named runs at Seven Springs. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, Giant Steps Slope gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Seven Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Seven Springs. Its top sits at 2,980 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.