Blue Silver Mountain, ID
Quarter Pipe drops 225 vertical feet over 777 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Quarter Pipe gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,520 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.