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Blue Spruce

Blue Solitude, UT

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical648 ft
Length2,235 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top8,887 ft

Blue Spruce drops 648 vertical feet over 2,235 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces east.

How well Blue Spruce holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 17°, Blue Spruce gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 8,890 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.

Blue Spruce profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blue Spruce 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.