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The Sting

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical433 ft
Length814 ft
Average pitch32°
FacesN
Top7,655 ft

The Sting drops 433 vertical feet over 814 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces north.

How well The Sting holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 32°, The Sting gets about 39% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 7,650 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.

The Sting profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Sting 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.