Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Lower Liftline drops 1,184 vertical feet over 3,379 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Lower Liftline gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,090 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.