Black diamond Teton Pass, MT
Upper Big Bear drops 451 vertical feet over 1,601 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 38 named runs at Teton Pass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Upper Big Bear gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Teton Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Teton Pass. Its top sits at 7,070 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.