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Sam's Know

Double black Park City, UT

Steepest pitch41°
Vertical1,007 ft
Length2,156 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesE
Top9,361 ft

Sam's Know drops 1,007 vertical feet over 2,156 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 334 named runs at Park City. It faces east.

How well Sam's Know holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 28°, Sam's Know gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Park City does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Park City. Its top sits at 9,360 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.

Sam's Know profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sam's Know 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.