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Adams' Avenue (Lower)

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical678 ft
Length4,954 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top9,298 ft

Adams' Avenue (Lower) drops 678 vertical feet over 4,954 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Adams' Avenue (Lower) holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 8°, Adams' Avenue (Lower) gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 75th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,300 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.

Adams' Avenue (Lower) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Adams' Avenue (Lower) elsewhere

Nearby at Snowmass

Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.