Black diamond Snow King, WY
Lower Elk drops 524 vertical feet over 1,647 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 33 named runs at Snow King. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Lower Elk gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow King does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Snow King. Its top sits at 7,030 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.