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Star

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical341 ft
Length1,075 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top7,807 ft

Star drops 341 vertical feet over 1,075 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 135th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces southeast.

How well Star holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Star gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,810 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.

Star profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Star 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.