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North Face

Black diamond Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical895 ft
Length2,554 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesNE
Top8,243 ft

North Face drops 895 vertical feet over 2,554 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well North Face holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 21°, North Face 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 19th shadiest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 8,240 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.

North Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Face 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.