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Squirrel

Green Snowbasin, UT

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical274 ft
Length3,533 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesW
Top6,575 ft

Squirrel drops 274 vertical feet over 3,533 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 2,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 126th steepest of 127 named runs at Snowbasin. It faces west.

How well Squirrel holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 5°, Squirrel gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbasin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th sunniest named run at Snowbasin. Its top sits at 6,570 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Squirrel profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Squirrel 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.