Double black Silver Mountain, ID
Shear Bilss drops 321 vertical feet over 744 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 26°, Shear Bilss gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 6,200 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.