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Gadzooks

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical506 ft
Length1,295 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesN
Top9,446 ft

Gadzooks drops 506 vertical feet over 1,295 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well Gadzooks holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 23°, Gadzooks gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd 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.

Gadzooks profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gadzooks 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.