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Jamie's Face

Blue A-Basin, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical493 ft
Length2,591 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top12,001 ft

Jamie's Face drops 493 vertical feet over 2,591 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 114th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces north.

How well Jamie's Face holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Jamie's Face gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 96th shadiest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 12,000 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.

Jamie's Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Jamie's Face 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.