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West 2nd Short

Green Snowbird, UT

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical198 ft
Length763 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top8,122 ft

West 2nd Short drops 198 vertical feet over 763 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 125th steepest of 151 named runs at Snowbird. It faces north.

How well West 2nd Short holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 15°, West 2nd Short gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowbird does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd shadiest named run at Snowbird. Its top sits at 8,120 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

West 2nd Short profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like West 2nd Short 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.