Blue Sun Valley, ID
Lower Olympic drops 567 vertical feet over 1,743 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Lower Olympic gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 6,610 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.