Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Mayday Bowl drops 1,389 vertical feet over 3,222 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 26°, Mayday Bowl gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 9,100 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.