Black diamond Snowbird, UT
Blackjack Traverse drops 604 vertical feet over 2,410 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 66th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 16°, Blackjack Traverse gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,240 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.