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Lone Star

Blue Brighton, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical474 ft
Length2,854 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesW
Top9,855 ft

Lone Star drops 474 vertical feet over 2,854 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 57 named runs at Brighton. It faces west.

How well Lone Star holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 10°, Lone Star gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brighton does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Brighton. Its top sits at 9,850 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.

Lone Star profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Star elsewhere

Nearby at Brighton

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.