Black diamond Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA
Horsetail drops 780 vertical feet over 2,743 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Horsetail gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,900 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.