Blue Soldier Mountain, ID
Canyon drops 545 vertical feet over 1,855 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 41 named runs at Soldier Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Canyon gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soldier Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Soldier Mountain. Its top sits at 6,480 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.