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Boot Hill

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical298 ft
Length632 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesNW
Top7,255 ft

Boot Hill drops 298 vertical feet over 632 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces northwest.

How well Boot Hill holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 28°, Boot Hill gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 7,250 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.

Boot Hill profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Boot Hill 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.