Blue Sun Valley, ID
French Dip drops 247 vertical feet over 1,128 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, French Dip gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,240 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.