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Snow Drift

Blue Brighton, UT

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical154 ft
Length749 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top9,708 ft

Snow Drift drops 154 vertical feet over 749 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 57 named runs at Brighton. It faces northeast.

How well Snow Drift holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Snow Drift gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Brighton does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Brighton. Its top sits at 9,710 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.

Snow Drift profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snow Drift 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.