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Zuma Cornice

Double black A-Basin, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical190 ft
Length2,199 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesS
Top12,431 ft

Zuma Cornice drops 190 vertical feet over 2,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 2,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 3% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 154th steepest of 161 named runs at A-Basin. It faces south.

How well Zuma Cornice holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 6°, Zuma Cornice gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at A-Basin does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th sunniest named run at A-Basin. Its top sits at 12,430 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.

Zuma Cornice profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Zuma Cornice 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.