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Sunshine

Green Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical528 ft
Length2,983 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top8,544 ft

Sunshine drops 528 vertical feet over 2,983 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Sunshine holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Sunshine gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 8,540 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.

Sunshine profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunshine 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.