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Middle Bassackwards

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical798 ft
Length4,796 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top9,524 ft

Middle Bassackwards drops 798 vertical feet over 4,796 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 112th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northwest.

How well Middle Bassackwards holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Middle Bassackwards gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,520 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Middle Bassackwards profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Middle Bassackwards 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.