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Pioneer Ridge

Double black Park City, UT

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical602 ft
Length3,498 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top9,999 ft

Pioneer Ridge drops 602 vertical feet over 3,498 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces east.

How well Pioneer Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, Pioneer Ridge gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 10,000 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.

Pioneer Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pioneer Ridge 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.