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Crooked Mile

Green Alta, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical682 ft
Length4,917 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesW
Top9,336 ft

Crooked Mile drops 682 vertical feet over 4,917 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces west.

How well Crooked Mile holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 8°, Crooked Mile gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 9,340 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.

Crooked Mile profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.