Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
International Trees drops 611 vertical feet over 1,429 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, International Trees gets about 43% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,980 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.