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Brave

Blue Brian Head, UT

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical317 ft
Length1,874 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top10,243 ft

Brave drops 317 vertical feet over 1,874 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces northeast.

How well Brave holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Brave gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,240 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.

Brave profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Brave elsewhere

Nearby at Brian Head

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.