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Bluebell

Blue Alta, UT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical264 ft
Length1,086 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSW
Top9,360 ft

Bluebell drops 264 vertical feet over 1,086 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 102nd steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces southwest.

How well Bluebell holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 14°, Bluebell gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 9,360 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bluebell profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bluebell elsewhere

Nearby at Alta

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.