Black diamond Snowbird, UT
Black Forest drops 483 vertical feet over 2,382 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 1,930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, Black Forest gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,500 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.