Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Upper Hemingway drops 507 vertical feet over 1,629 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Upper Hemingway gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,490 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.