Black diamond Terry Peak, SD
The Falls drops 139 vertical feet over 429 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 26 named runs at Terry Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, The Falls gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Terry Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Terry Peak. Its top sits at 6,320 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.