Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Lower French Dip drops 400 vertical feet over 1,207 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Lower French Dip gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 6,990 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.