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Lower Dead Horse

Green Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical221 ft
Length1,076 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesS
Top7,569 ft

Lower Dead Horse drops 221 vertical feet over 1,076 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces south.

How well Lower Dead Horse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 12°, Lower Dead Horse gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 7,570 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.

Lower Dead Horse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Dead Horse 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.