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Blaze

Black diamond Tamarack, ID

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical346 ft
Length1,767 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top5,789 ft

Blaze drops 346 vertical feet over 1,767 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces southeast.

How well Blaze holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Blaze gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 5,790 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.

Blaze profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blaze elsewhere

Nearby at Tamarack

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.