Black diamond Soldier Mountain, ID
Challenge drops 278 vertical feet over 807 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 41 named runs at Soldier Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Challenge gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soldier Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Soldier Mountain. Its top sits at 6,190 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.