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Sure Thing

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,196 ft
Length5,273 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top8,171 ft

Sure Thing drops 1,196 vertical feet over 5,273 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Sure Thing holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Sure Thing gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 102nd sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 8,170 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.

Sure Thing profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sure Thing 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.