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Sundance

Blue Snowy Range, WY

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical574 ft
Length2,708 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top9,367 ft

Sundance drops 574 vertical feet over 2,708 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 34 named runs at Snowy Range. It faces east.

How well Sundance holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Sundance gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowy Range does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Snowy Range. Its top sits at 9,370 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sundance profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sundance elsewhere

Nearby at Snowy Range

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.