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Sunset Trip

Green Sun Valley, ID

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical527 ft
Length3,026 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top6,936 ft

Sunset Trip drops 527 vertical feet over 3,026 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 2,730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces east.

How well Sunset Trip holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 10°, Sunset Trip gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 6,940 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sunset Trip profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunset Trip elsewhere

Nearby at Sun Valley

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.