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Upper Gallowich

Blue Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical250 ft
Length1,535 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top10,172 ft

Upper Gallowich drops 250 vertical feet over 1,535 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 200th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Gallowich holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Upper Gallowich gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,170 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.

Upper Gallowich profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Gallowich 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.