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Nugget

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical242 ft
Length889 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top8,645 ft

Nugget drops 242 vertical feet over 889 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 159th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Nugget holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 16°, Nugget gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 103rd shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,640 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.

Nugget profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nugget 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.