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Orson's

Blue Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical449 ft
Length2,183 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top6,850 ft

Orson's drops 449 vertical feet over 2,183 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces northeast.

How well Orson's holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Orson's gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 6,850 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.

Orson's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Orson's 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.