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Ore Cart

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical166 ft
Length738 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesE
Top8,526 ft

Ore Cart drops 166 vertical feet over 738 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 154th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Ore Cart holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 13°, Ore Cart gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,530 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.

Ore Cart profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ore Cart 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.