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49er Gully

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical448 ft
Length2,432 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top10,395 ft

49er Gully drops 448 vertical feet over 2,432 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces southeast.

How well 49er Gully holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, 49er Gully gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,400 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.

49er Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 49er Gully elsewhere

Nearby at Snowbird

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.