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No Excuse

Black diamond Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical346 ft
Length878 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesN
Top8,006 ft

No Excuse drops 346 vertical feet over 878 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces north.

How well No Excuse holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 23°, No Excuse gets about 53% 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 13th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 8,010 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.

No Excuse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.