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Nakatomi Plaze

Double black (off-piste) Soldier Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical478 ft
Length1,981 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSW
Top7,046 ft

Nakatomi Plaze drops 478 vertical feet over 1,981 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 41 named runs at Soldier Mountain. It faces southwest.

How well Nakatomi Plaze holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 14°, Nakatomi Plaze gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soldier Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Soldier Mountain. Its top sits at 7,050 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Nakatomi Plaze profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nakatomi Plaze elsewhere

Nearby at Soldier Mountain

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.