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Sampson

Black diamond Park City, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical482 ft
Length1,827 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top9,426 ft

Sampson drops 482 vertical feet over 1,827 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 143rd steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces southeast.

How well Sampson holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Sampson gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 9,430 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.

Sampson profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sampson 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.