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Hillside

Black diamond Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical821 ft
Length2,257 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesE
Top8,720 ft

Hillside drops 821 vertical feet over 2,257 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Hillside holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 22°, Hillside gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,720 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.

Hillside profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hillside 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.