Black diamond Snowbasin, UT
Bear Wallow drops 419 vertical feet over 1,577 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Bear Wallow gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 7,400 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.