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Hip Hop

Black diamond Tamarack, ID

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical451 ft
Length2,727 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top7,253 ft

Hip Hop drops 451 vertical feet over 2,727 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces southeast.

How well Hip Hop holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Hip Hop gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 7,250 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.

Hip Hop profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hip Hop 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.