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Lone Pine

Black diamond Alta, UT

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical609 ft
Length1,202 ft
Average pitch31°
FacesNW
Top9,399 ft

Lone Pine drops 609 vertical feet over 1,202 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces northwest.

How well Lone Pine holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 31°, Lone Pine gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 9,400 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.

Lone Pine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Pine 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.