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Badlands

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical379 ft
Length873 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesN
Top7,354 ft

Badlands drops 379 vertical feet over 873 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces north.

How well Badlands holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 26°, Badlands gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 7,350 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.

Badlands profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Badlands elsewhere

Nearby at Sundance

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.