Black diamond Turner Mountain, MT
Near South drops 597 vertical feet over 1,534 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 23 named runs at Turner Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 23°, Near South gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Turner Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Turner Mountain. Its top sits at 5,820 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.