Blue Deer Valley, UT
Pioche Loop drops 103 vertical feet over 781 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 192nd steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 8°, Pioche Loop 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 89th shadiest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,140 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.