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Refuge

Green Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical84 ft
Length448 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesS
Top6,629 ft

Refuge drops 84 vertical feet over 448 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces south.

How well Refuge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 11°, Refuge gets about 122% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,630 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.

Refuge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Refuge 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.