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Drop Out

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical479 ft
Length971 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesNE
Top7,326 ft

Drop Out drops 479 vertical feet over 971 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces northeast.

How well Drop Out holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 30°, Drop Out gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 7,330 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.

Drop Out profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drop Out 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.