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High Card

Blue Park City, UT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical409 ft
Length1,242 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesNW
Top8,281 ft

High Card drops 409 vertical feet over 1,242 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 172nd steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces northwest.

How well High Card holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 19°, High Card gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 102nd shadiest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,280 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

High Card profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.