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Ham Bug

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical320 ft
Length1,991 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top9,048 ft

Ham Bug drops 320 vertical feet over 1,991 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 178th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northwest.

How well Ham Bug holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Ham Bug gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 93rd sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,050 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Ham Bug profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ham Bug elsewhere

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.