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Strawberry

Blue Alta, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical287 ft
Length1,185 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNW
Top9,608 ft

Strawberry drops 287 vertical feet over 1,185 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 99th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces northwest.

How well Strawberry holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 14°, Strawberry gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th shadiest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 9,610 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.

Strawberry profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Strawberry 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.