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Miner's Delight

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical178 ft
Length731 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top7,658 ft

Miner's Delight drops 178 vertical feet over 731 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 131st steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Miner's Delight holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Miner's Delight gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 90th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,660 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Miner's Delight profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Miner's Delight 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.