Blue Silver Mountain, ID
Hercules drops 237 vertical feet over 693 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Hercules gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 6,040 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.