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Old Man's Flats

Blue Snow King, WY

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical524 ft
Length1,746 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesN
Top7,035 ft

Old Man's Flats drops 524 vertical feet over 1,746 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 33 named runs at Snow King. It faces north.

How well Old Man's Flats holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 18°, Old Man's Flats gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow King does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Snow King. Its top sits at 7,030 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Old Man's Flats profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Old Man's Flats elsewhere

Nearby at Snow King

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.