Blue Silver Mountain, ID
Lower Gold drops 467 vertical feet over 1,672 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Lower Gold gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,490 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.