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Faculty Club

Black diamond A-Basin, CO

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical593 ft
Length1,642 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesW
Top11,706 ft

Faculty Club drops 593 vertical feet over 1,642 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 810 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces west.

How well Faculty Club holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing west at an average 22°, Faculty Club gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 11,710 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Faculty Club profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Faculty Club 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.