Black diamond Snowbird, UT
Middle Cirque drops 646 vertical feet over 1,785 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Middle Cirque gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,230 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.