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Torpedo

Blue Deer Valley, UT

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical302 ft
Length2,754 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesE
Top7,049 ft

Torpedo drops 302 vertical feet over 2,754 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 138th steepest of 224 named runs at Deer Valley. It faces east.

How well Torpedo holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 7°, Torpedo gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Deer Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th sunniest named run at Deer Valley. Its top sits at 7,050 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Torpedo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Torpedo 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.