Black diamond Sun Valley, ID
Upper Holiday drops 328 vertical feet over 821 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Upper Holiday gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 8,130 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.