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Bicarbonate Gully

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical336 ft
Length1,457 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top9,501 ft

Bicarbonate Gully drops 336 vertical feet over 1,457 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 113th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well Bicarbonate Gully holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 14°, Bicarbonate Gully 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 74th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,500 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.

Bicarbonate Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bicarbonate 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.