Double black Snowbird, UT
Upper Mach Schnell drops 783 vertical feet over 1,517 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 31°, Upper Mach Schnell gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,520 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.