Double black Snowbird, UT
Defiance Ledge drops 181 vertical feet over 676 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Defiance Ledge gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,100 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.