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Gentle Ben Terrain Park

Blue Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical238 ft
Length1,388 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top8,528 ft

Gentle Ben Terrain Park drops 238 vertical feet over 1,388 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces northwest.

How well Gentle Ben Terrain Park holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Gentle Ben Terrain Park gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 8,530 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Gentle Ben Terrain Park profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gentle Ben Terrain Park elsewhere

Nearby at Beaver Mountain

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.