Blue Deer Valley, UT
Mountain Monarch drops 679 vertical feet over 2,288 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Mountain Monarch gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,680 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.
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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.