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Upper Red Tail

Blue Beaver Mountain, UT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical740 ft
Length2,843 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top8,558 ft

Upper Red Tail drops 740 vertical feet over 2,843 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 48 named runs at Beaver Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Red Tail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Upper Red Tail gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Beaver Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at Beaver Mountain. Its top sits at 8,560 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.

Upper Red Tail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Red Tail 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.