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Kirkwood ski runs

61 named runs · about 26 miles of skiing · 7,810 to 9,650 ft

Green 11% (2.8 mi)Blue 31% (8.2 mi)Black 46% (12.1 mi)Double black 12% (3.2 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Shot 5 50°
  2. Thunder Saddle 47°
  3. Saddle Chute 46°
  4. Sister chute 44°
  5. Coyote 44°

Longest

  1. devil's Draw 5,400 ft
  2. Elevator Shaft 5,200 ft
  3. Stump Run 4,600 ft
  4. Covered Wagon 4,600 ft
  5. Olympic 4,500 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Chamoix 39% sun
  2. Hell's Delight 40% sun
  3. Notch chute 42% sun
  4. Sister chute 47% sun
  5. The Wall 48% sun

Longest greens

  1. Hay Flat 3,800 ft
  2. Snowkirk 3,400 ft
  3. Squirrel Ridge 2,600 ft
  4. School Run 1,900 ft
  5. Graduation 1,900 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 61 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Button Bowl Black 560 ft 1,784 ft — 21° E Below average
Shot 5 Double black 516 ft 1,071 ft 50° 30° W Average
Thunder Saddle Black 867 ft 3,879 ft 47° 13° N Good
Saddle Chute Double black 612 ft 1,328 ft 46° 28° E Average
Sister chute Double black 859 ft 2,117 ft 44° 25° N Excellent
Coyote Black 618 ft 1,618 ft 44° 23° E Poor
Chamoix Double black 553 ft 1,170 ft — 29° N Excellent
all the way Double black 1,001 ft 2,653 ft 42° 23° NW Excellent
Cliff Chute Double black 807 ft 2,141 ft 42° 23° NE Excellent
Hell's Delight Double black 506 ft 1,063 ft — 30° N Excellent
Dick's Drop Double black 443 ft 1,251 ft 41° 22° NW Good
Headwaters Black 878 ft 2,289 ft 41° 23° NW Excellent
Shotgun Black 722 ft 2,632 ft 39° 17° N Excellent
Shaffers Chute Double black 850 ft 2,334 ft 39° 22° NE Excellent
The Wall Double black 834 ft 2,198 ft 39° 23° N Excellent
Deadwood Spur Black 277 ft 1,540 ft 39° 12° E Average
Notch chute Double black 838 ft 1,867 ft 39° 27° N Excellent
The Wave Black 335 ft 1,023 ft 39° 20° N Excellent
Lightning Black 934 ft 2,690 ft 38° 21° NE Average
Snowsnake Gully Black 565 ft 2,340 ft 36° 15° NW Average
Monte Wolfe Black 656 ft 1,594 ft 36° 25° E Average
Zachary Black 822 ft 2,046 ft 35° 24° NE Excellent
devil's Draw Blue 1,059 ft 5,411 ft 35° 12° NE Average
Olympic Black 1,355 ft 4,465 ft 35° 18° NE Good
Lost Cabin Black 974 ft 3,209 ft 35° 18° E Below average
rabbit Runs Black 983 ft 3,256 ft 34° 18° NE Excellent
Eagle Bowl Black 672 ft 1,824 ft 34° 22° E Average
Look Out Janek Black 1,111 ft 3,275 ft 34° 20° NE Good
KGF Black 795 ft 2,703 ft 33° 17° NE Good
Larry's Lip Black 648 ft 2,068 ft 33° 19° E Average
Jeff's Line Black 782 ft 2,239 ft 33° 21° NE Good
Hully Gully Black 731 ft 2,373 ft 31° 19° E Average
Covered Wagon Black 1,043 ft 4,627 ft 30° 14° N Excellent
Conestoga Black 678 ft 2,253 ft 30° 18° N Excellent
Cold Sholder Black 608 ft 1,920 ft 30° 19° E Average
Stump Run Black 1,028 ft 4,630 ft 29° 14° N Good
Happiness is Blue 828 ft 2,874 ft 28° 17° NE Average
The Drain Black 242 ft 1,717 ft 28° 10° NW Average
Elevator Shaft Blue 1,158 ft 5,169 ft 28° 13° NE Average
Short Spoke Black 292 ft 1,206 ft 28° 14° N Good
Sunnyside Black 312 ft 1,198 ft 26° 15° SE Poor
Bud's ALley Blue 133 ft 1,092 ft 25° 7° E Below average
Wagon Trail Black 444 ft 1,599 ft 24° 16° NW Excellent
Flying Carpet Blue 523 ft 2,509 ft 24° 12° W Below average
Lower Zachary Blue 522 ft 2,180 ft 23° 14° N Good
Race Course Blue 543 ft 2,100 ft 23° 15° NE Good
Herringbone Straight Blue 423 ft 2,271 ft 21° 11° E Below average
Buckboard Blue 786 ft 3,759 ft 21° 12° N Good
Lower Monte Wolfe Blue 713 ft 3,374 ft 20° 12° NE Average
Easy Rider Blue 290 ft 1,752 ft 20° 10° E Below average
Mokelumne Blue 465 ft 1,848 ft 20° 15° NE Average
home Run to Timber Creek Blue 308 ft 3,252 ft 20° 6° NE Good
Up'n'over Blue 195 ft 948 ft 19° 12° NE Good
Hole 'N' Wall Blue 477 ft 3,031 ft 18° 9° NE Average
Freee 'N' Easy Blue 481 ft 3,154 ft 18° 9° N Average
Snowkirk Green 396 ft 3,405 ft 16° 7° N Average
Hay Flat Green 356 ft 3,801 ft 14° 5° N Average
Squirrel Ridge Green 358 ft 2,621 ft 13° 8° N Average
Funny Bunny Green 163 ft 1,252 ft 13° 8° E Below average
Graduation Green 180 ft 1,900 ft 13° 6° NE Below average
School Run Green 180 ft 1,918 ft 8° 5° E Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.