Double black Sunlight Mountain, CO
Banzai drops 264 vertical feet over 537 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 30°, Banzai gets about 41% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,720 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.