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School Hill

Blue Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical611 ft
Length2,739 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesN
Top7,185 ft

School Hill drops 611 vertical feet over 2,739 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces north.

How well School Hill holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 13°, School Hill gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 7,180 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.

School Hill profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like School Hill 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.