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Half Moon

Double black Park City, UT

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical891 ft
Length2,449 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesSE
Top9,517 ft

Half Moon drops 891 vertical feet over 2,449 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Half Moon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 22°, Half Moon gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 9,520 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.

Half Moon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Half Moon elsewhere

Nearby at Park City

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.