Blue Solitude, UT
Polaris drops 329 vertical feet over 1,438 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 13°, Polaris gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 8,990 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.
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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.