Blue Soldier Mountain, ID
Lower Palomino drops 199 vertical feet over 594 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 41 named runs at Soldier Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Lower Palomino gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soldier Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Soldier Mountain. Its top sits at 6,080 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.