Black diamond Silver Mountain, ID
Prospector drops 421 vertical feet over 989 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 25°, Prospector gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,600 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.