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Hot Lips Gully

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical271 ft
Length1,194 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top9,868 ft

Hot Lips Gully drops 271 vertical feet over 1,194 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 111th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well Hot Lips Gully holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 14°, Hot Lips Gully gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,870 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 Lips Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hot Lips 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.