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Non-Descript

Black diamond Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical1,481 ft
Length3,888 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesE
Top9,350 ft

Non-Descript drops 1,481 vertical feet over 3,888 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 2,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Non-Descript holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 23°, Non-Descript gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,350 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.

Non-Descript profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Non-Descript 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.