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Sidewinder

Green Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical266 ft
Length2,320 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesS
Top6,636 ft

Sidewinder drops 266 vertical feet over 2,320 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces south.

How well Sidewinder holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 7°, Sidewinder 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 5th sunniest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 6,640 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.

Sidewinder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sidewinder 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.