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North Pass

Blue Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical521 ft
Length2,955 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top10,148 ft

North Pass drops 521 vertical feet over 2,955 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 189th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northwest.

How well North Pass holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, North Pass gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 67th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,150 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.

North Pass profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Pass elsewhere

Nearby at Crested Butte

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.