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Ripsaw

Blue Park City, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical207 ft
Length1,119 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top8,498 ft

Ripsaw drops 207 vertical feet over 1,119 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 275th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Ripsaw holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Ripsaw gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 8,500 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.

Ripsaw profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ripsaw 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.