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Monkey Tree

Double black (off-piste) Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch43°
Vertical295 ft
Length457 ft
Average pitch40°
FacesN
Top9,057 ft

Monkey Tree drops 295 vertical feet over 457 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces north.

How well Monkey Tree holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 40°, Monkey Tree gets about 32% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 9,060 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Monkey Tree profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Monkey Tree 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.