Blue Silver Mountain, ID
Gold drops 452 vertical feet over 2,212 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Gold gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,800 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.