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Cirque Trail

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical197 ft
Length1,030 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNW
Top10,960 ft

Cirque Trail drops 197 vertical feet over 1,030 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 144th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.

How well Cirque Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 11°, Cirque Trail gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 103rd shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,960 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Cirque Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cirque Trail 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.