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Summit

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical407 ft
Length3,985 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesE
Top7,837 ft

Summit drops 407 vertical feet over 3,985 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 2,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Summit holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 6°, Summit gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,840 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.

Summit profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Summit 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.