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Claim Jumper

Blue Alta, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical438 ft
Length2,100 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesS
Top10,532 ft

Claim Jumper drops 438 vertical feet over 2,100 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces south.

How well Claim Jumper holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 12°, Claim Jumper gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 10,530 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.

Claim Jumper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Claim Jumper 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.