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Hot Foot Gully

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical246 ft
Length1,001 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top9,421 ft

Hot Foot Gully drops 246 vertical feet over 1,001 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well Hot Foot Gully holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 15°, Hot Foot Gully gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,420 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.

Hot Foot Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hot Foot 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.