Double black Solitude, UT
Dead Tree drops 556 vertical feet over 1,045 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 33°, Dead Tree gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,510 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.