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Free Will

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical226 ft
Length2,297 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesS
Top9,084 ft

Free Will drops 226 vertical feet over 2,297 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 2,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 209th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces south.

How well Free Will holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 6°, Free Will gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,080 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Free Will profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Deer Valley

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.