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Tower

Double black Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical416 ft
Length805 ft
Average pitch31°
FacesE
Top9,918 ft

Tower drops 416 vertical feet over 805 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces east.

How well Tower holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 31°, Tower gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 98th shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,920 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.

Tower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tower 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.