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Marmot

Blue Brian Head, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical160 ft
Length946 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top10,018 ft

Marmot drops 160 vertical feet over 946 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 57 named runs at Brian Head. It faces east.

How well Marmot holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Marmot gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brian Head does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Brian Head. Its top sits at 10,020 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Marmot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Marmot 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.