Green Sun Valley, ID
French Connection drops 347 vertical feet over 2,983 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 97th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, French Connection gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 6,940 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.