Blue Deer Valley, UT
Big Stick drops 920 vertical feet over 3,302 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,050 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Big Stick gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,340 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.