Blue Soldier Mountain, ID
Upper Palomino drops 262 vertical feet over 776 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 41 named runs at Soldier Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Upper Palomino gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soldier Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Soldier Mountain. Its top sits at 6,180 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.