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Altabird

Blue Solitude, UT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical489 ft
Length1,400 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top9,053 ft

Altabird drops 489 vertical feet over 1,400 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces east.

How well Altabird holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 21°, Altabird gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,050 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.

Altabird profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Altabird elsewhere

Nearby at Solitude

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.