Black diamond Snowy Range, WY
Dakota drops 224 vertical feet over 1,160 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 34 named runs at Snowy Range. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Dakota gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowy Range does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Snowy Range. Its top sits at 9,190 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.