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Sunnyside

Green Alta, UT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical193 ft
Length1,443 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSW
Top9,447 ft

Sunnyside drops 193 vertical feet over 1,443 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 112th steepest of 117 named runs at Alta. It faces southwest.

How well Sunnyside holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 8°, Sunnyside gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Alta. Its top sits at 9,450 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.

Sunnyside profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunnyside 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.