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Wild Flower

Blue Sundance, UT

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical425 ft
Length1,142 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesNW
Top8,138 ft

Wild Flower drops 425 vertical feet over 1,142 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 590 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 66 named runs at Sundance. It faces northwest.

How well Wild Flower holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northwest at an average 22°, Wild Flower gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sundance does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Sundance. Its top sits at 8,140 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.

Wild Flower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wild Flower 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.