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Bassanova

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical534 ft
Length1,854 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSW
Top10,062 ft

Bassanova drops 534 vertical feet over 1,854 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces southwest.

How well Bassanova holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 17°, Bassanova gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,060 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.

Bassanova profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bassanova 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.