Black diamond Solitude, UT
Buckeye Junior drops 362 vertical feet over 723 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 30°, Buckeye Junior gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 10,010 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.