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Little Stick

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical1,059 ft
Length7,230 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top8,389 ft

Little Stick drops 1,059 vertical feet over 7,230 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 187th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northwest.

How well Little Stick holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Little Stick gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 114th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,390 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.

Little Stick profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Stick 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.