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Mt Rose ski runs

65 named runs · about 16 miles of skiing · 7,940 to 9,520 ft

Green 29% (4.8 mi)Blue 25% (4.1 mi)Black 26% (4.2 mi)Double black 19% (3.0 mi)

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

Steepest

  1. Charge 49°
  2. Cardiac Ridge 44°
  3. El Cap 44°
  4. Chaos 43°
  5. Fuse 43°

Longest

  1. Galena 4,300 ft
  2. Silver Dollar 3,000 ft
  3. Mine Train 3,000 ft
  4. Around The World 2,900 ft
  5. El Cap 2,400 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Detonator 25% sun
  2. Charge 28% sun
  3. Saddle 31% sun
  4. Miller Time 34% sun
  5. Beehive 35% sun

Longest greens

  1. Galena 4,300 ft
  2. Around The World 2,900 ft
  3. Easy Street 2,100 ft
  4. Lakeside 2,000 ft
  5. Bronco 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 65 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Charge Double black 795 ft 1,401 ft 49° 35° N Excellent
Cardiac Ridge Double black 521 ft 930 ft 44° 34° NE Excellent
El Cap Double black 1,090 ft 2,437 ft 44° 27° N Excellent
Chaos Double black 799 ft 1,616 ft 43° 30° N Excellent
Fuse Double black 956 ft 1,848 ft 43° 32° N Excellent
Detonator Double black 791 ft 1,336 ft 43° 37° N Excellent
Yellow Jacket Double black 1,009 ft 1,963 ft 42° 31° N Excellent
Nightmare Double black 706 ft 1,250 ft 42° 35° NE Excellent
Hornet's Nest Double black 820 ft 1,849 ft 41° 27° N Excellent
Saddle Double black 723 ft 1,363 ft 41° 32° N Excellent
Divine Line Double black 240 ft 523 ft 40° 28° N Excellent
Jackpot Double black 829 ft 1,764 ft 40° 29° N Excellent
Lowball Black 282 ft 594 ft 39° 29° NE Good
Beehive Black 371 ft 660 ft 38° 34° NW Excellent
Miller Time Black 446 ft 789 ft 37° 34° NE Excellent
Cutthroat Double black 318 ft 674 ft 36° 28° NE Excellent
Playground Black 289 ft 1,204 ft 35° 14° SE Poor
Jetta Black 316 ft 815 ft 34° 23° N Excellent
Sunset Black 525 ft 1,541 ft 32° 20° N Excellent
Mineshaft Black 609 ft 1,822 ft 31° 20° NW Excellent
Six Gun Black 560 ft 1,575 ft 31° 21° N Excellent
Silver Dollar Blue 982 ft 2,970 ft 30° 19° E Below average
Big Bonanza Blue 844 ft 2,364 ft 29° 21° NE Good
Aida's Black 414 ft 1,169 ft 28° 21° N Excellent
Comstock Glade Black 271 ft — 28° 24° NE —
Washoe Zephyr Black 804 ft 2,181 ft 28° 22° NE Average
Tahoe Vista Black 256 ft 982 ft 27° 15° NW Good
Greg's Gamble Black 831 ft 2,204 ft 27° 22° NW Excellent
Northwest Passage Black 858 ft 2,372 ft 27° 21° N Excellent
Bullwhip Black 617 ft 2,062 ft 27° 18° N Excellent
Waterfall Black 866 ft 2,301 ft 27° 22° N Excellent
Express Black 166 ft 429 ft 26° 23° N Excellent
Bruce's Blue 781 ft 2,054 ft 26° 22° E Average
Lone Tree Blue 301 ft 906 ft 26° 20° NW Average
Ramsey's Blue 769 ft 2,364 ft 26° 19° N Excellent
Bronco Green 219 ft 1,860 ft 25° 7° N Average
Sunrise Bowl Blue 442 ft 1,377 ft 25° 19° SE Poor
Kit Carson Bowl Blue 603 ft 1,989 ft 24° 18° N Excellent
Little Red Glade Black 196 ft — 24° 21° NE —
Buckboard Green 102 ft 492 ft 23° 12° NW Good
Badlands Unrated 329 ft 1,117 ft 23° 17° NE Excellent
Upper Northwest Blue 161 ft 563 ft 22° 17° NE Excellent
Old School Green 72 ft 346 ft 21° 12° N Good
Bunker Blue 181 ft 806 ft 20° 13° NW Average
Tailings Black 277 ft 1,370 ft 20° 12° NE Average
Lariat Green 92 ft 986 ft 18° 6° NW Good
Mustang Green 185 ft 1,427 ft 18° 8° N Good
Mine Train Blue 420 ft 2,954 ft 18° 8° E Below average
Broomstick Green 67 ft 918 ft 18° 5° E Below average
Lakeside Green 257 ft 1,982 ft 17° 8° SW Poor
Around The World Green 337 ft 2,855 ft 17° 7° NW Average
Magic Potion Green 59 ft 506 ft 16° 7° SE Below average
Dragon's Tail Green 139 ft 1,685 ft 15° 5° NE Below average
Mystic Green 64 ft 315 ft 15° 12° E Below average
Easy Street Green 215 ft 2,054 ft 14° 6° NE Average
Galena Green 441 ft 4,277 ft 14° 6° NE Average
Relay Green 67 ft 381 ft 14° 10° N Good
Ponderosa Blue 286 ft 2,364 ft 14° 7° NE Average
Witches Brew Green 81 ft 1,060 ft 14° 4° E Below average
Log Flume Blue 193 ft 1,856 ft 13° 6° E Average
Spellbound Green 131 ft 1,581 ft 8° 5° E Below average
Warlock Green 22 ft 377 ft 8° 4° SE Below average
North Rim Green 123 ft 1,228 ft 8° 6° NE Average
Merlin Green 36 ft 644 ft 7° 3° S Below average
Show Off Green 35 ft 677 ft 5° 3° N 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.