Black diamond Steamboat, CO
Diamond Hitch drops 734 vertical feet over 2,031 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 21°, Diamond Hitch gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 109th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,450 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.