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Fluid Drive

Blue Solitude, UT

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical402 ft
Length1,416 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesN
Top9,035 ft

Fluid Drive drops 402 vertical feet over 1,416 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces north.

How well Fluid Drive holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 17°, Fluid Drive gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,040 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.

Fluid Drive profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Fluid Drive 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.