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Moonrise

Green Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical204 ft
Length1,168 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesS
Top6,668 ft

Moonrise drops 204 vertical feet over 1,168 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces south.

How well Moonrise holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 10°, Moonrise gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,670 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.

Moonrise profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moonrise 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.