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The Diamond

Black diamond Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical568 ft
Length1,500 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesNE
Top8,094 ft

The Diamond drops 568 vertical feet over 1,500 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces northeast.

How well The Diamond holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 22°, The Diamond gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 8,090 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Diamond profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Diamond elsewhere

Nearby at Snowbasin

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.