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Sunshine Bowl

Blue Solitude, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical525 ft
Length1,894 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top9,119 ft

Sunshine Bowl drops 525 vertical feet over 1,894 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 75 named runs at Solitude. It faces east.

How well Sunshine Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 16°, Sunshine Bowl gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Solitude does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Solitude. Its top sits at 9,120 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.

Sunshine Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunshine Bowl 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.