Double black Solitude, UT
Parachute drops 1,068 vertical feet over 2,851 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 1,820 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 23°, Parachute gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,850 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.