Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Olympic drops 786 vertical feet over 1,976 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Olympic gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,400 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.