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Gun Tower

Black diamond Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical649 ft
Length1,621 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top7,975 ft

Gun Tower drops 649 vertical feet over 1,621 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 1,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces east.

How well Gun Tower holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 24°, Gun Tower gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 7,980 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.

Gun Tower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gun Tower elsewhere

Nearby at Snowbasin

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.