Black diamond Snowbird, UT
Lower Mach Schnell drops 674 vertical feet over 1,753 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Lower Mach Schnell gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 8,740 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.