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Seldom Seen

Black diamond Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical1,504 ft
Length4,165 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top9,245 ft

Seldom Seen drops 1,504 vertical feet over 4,165 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 3,800 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Seldom Seen holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 21°, Seldom Seen gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 9,240 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.

Seldom Seen profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Seldom Seen 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.