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Bluebird

Blue Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical169 ft
Length1,000 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top6,683 ft

Bluebird drops 169 vertical feet over 1,000 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces southwest.

How well Bluebird holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Bluebird gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,680 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.

Bluebird profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bluebird 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.