Black diamond Silver Mountain, ID
Morning Star drops 406 vertical feet over 928 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 26°, Morning Star gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,860 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.