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Lower Steep & Deep

Blue Silver Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical412 ft
Length1,714 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top5,787 ft

Lower Steep & Deep drops 412 vertical feet over 1,714 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Steep & Deep holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Steep & Deep gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,790 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.

Lower Steep & Deep profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Steep & Deep elsewhere

Nearby at Silver Mountain

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.