Black diamond Teton Pass, MT
Lower Big Bear drops 343 vertical feet over 1,207 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 38 named runs at Teton Pass. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Lower Big Bear gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Teton Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Teton Pass. Its top sits at 6,540 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.