Blue A-Basin, CO
Gentling drops 1,102 vertical feet over 4,640 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces southwest.
Facing southwest at an average 14°, Gentling gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 12,470 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.
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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.