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Joker

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical790 ft
Length4,828 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top7,646 ft

Joker drops 790 vertical feet over 4,828 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 4,690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces southeast.

How well Joker holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Joker gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,650 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.

Joker profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Joker 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.