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Red's Canyon

Green Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical109 ft
Length1,510 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesN
Top6,605 ft

Red's Canyon drops 109 vertical feet over 1,510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces north.

How well Red's Canyon holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 5°, Red's Canyon gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,600 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.

Red's Canyon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Red's Canyon 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.