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Pfeffalina

Black diamond Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical555 ft
Length1,679 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top7,766 ft

Pfeffalina drops 555 vertical feet over 1,679 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces southeast.

How well Pfeffalina holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Pfeffalina gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 7,770 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.

Pfeffalina profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pfeffalina 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.