Double black (off-piste) Tamarack, ID
The Upper Grove drops 390 vertical feet over 1,550 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 70 named runs at Tamarack. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, The Upper Grove gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Tamarack does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Tamarack. Its top sits at 6,770 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.