Black diamond Solitude, UT
Black Bess drops 284 vertical feet over 775 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Black Bess gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,880 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.