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Black Diamond

Blue Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical246 ft
Length1,392 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top7,244 ft

Black Diamond drops 246 vertical feet over 1,392 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 51st steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces east.

How well Black Diamond holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Black Diamond gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 7,240 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Black Diamond profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Black Diamond elsewhere

Nearby at Sundance

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.