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Freee 'N' Easy

Blue Kirkwood, CA

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical481 ft
Length3,154 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top8,300 ft

Freee 'N' Easy drops 481 vertical feet over 3,154 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 58 named runs at Kirkwood. It faces north.

How well Freee 'N' Easy holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Freee 'N' Easy gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kirkwood does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Kirkwood. Its top sits at 8,300 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.

Freee 'N' Easy profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Freee 'N' Easy elsewhere

Nearby at Kirkwood

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.