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Elbow Proper

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical463 ft
Length1,309 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesN
Top8,645 ft

Elbow Proper drops 463 vertical feet over 1,309 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well Elbow Proper holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 21°, Elbow Proper gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 8,640 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.

Elbow Proper profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Elbow Proper 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.