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Lone Star

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical886 ft
Length2,100 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top10,829 ft

Lone Star drops 886 vertical feet over 2,100 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces southeast.

How well Lone Star holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Lone Star gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,830 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lone Star profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Star 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.