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Bananas

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical548 ft
Length2,502 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top9,446 ft

Bananas drops 548 vertical feet over 2,502 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 127th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northeast.

How well Bananas holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Bananas gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 78th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,450 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.

Bananas profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.