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Desbah

Green Brian Head, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical436 ft
Length2,800 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top10,191 ft

Desbah drops 436 vertical feet over 2,800 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces northwest.

How well Desbah holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Desbah gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,190 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.

Desbah profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Desbah 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.