Double black Solitude, UT
Here Be Dragons drops 689 vertical feet over 1,683 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 25°, Here Be Dragons gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,760 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.