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Lobo Valley

Black diamond Brian Head, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical169 ft
Length1,011 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top10,898 ft

Lobo Valley drops 169 vertical feet over 1,011 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces southwest.

How well Lobo Valley holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Lobo Valley gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,900 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.

Lobo Valley profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lobo Valley 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.