Black diamond Snowy Range, WY
Gun Barrel drops 196 vertical feet over 1,313 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 34 named runs at Snowy Range. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 9°, Gun Barrel gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowy Range does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Snowy Range. Its top sits at 9,420 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.