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Ski Patrol Gully

Black diamond Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical849 ft
Length4,747 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSW
Top10,377 ft

Ski Patrol Gully drops 849 vertical feet over 4,747 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 1,630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces southwest.

How well Ski Patrol Gully holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 12°, Ski Patrol Gully gets about 125% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 10,380 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.

Ski Patrol Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ski Patrol 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.