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East Woods

Black diamond A-Basin, CO

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical727 ft
Length1,629 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSW
Top12,098 ft

East Woods drops 727 vertical feet over 1,629 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 105th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces southwest.

How well East Woods holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 27°, East Woods gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 12,100 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.

East Woods profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Woods elsewhere

Nearby at A-Basin

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.