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Upper Bassackwards

Blue Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical446 ft
Length2,867 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top9,968 ft

Upper Bassackwards drops 446 vertical feet over 2,867 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Bassackwards holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Upper Bassackwards gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 9,970 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.

Upper Bassackwards profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.