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Pick Axe

Double black (off-piste) Park City, UT

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical306 ft
Length1,818 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesN
Top8,388 ft

Pick Axe drops 306 vertical feet over 1,818 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 324th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces north.

How well Pick Axe holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 10°, Pick Axe gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 151st shadiest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,390 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.

Pick Axe 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.