Blue Brighton, UT
Backbone drops 348 vertical feet over 1,283 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 57 named runs at Brighton. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 16°, Backbone gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brighton does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Brighton. Its top sits at 9,850 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.