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Adams' Avenue (Upper)

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical448 ft
Length3,384 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNW
Top9,746 ft

Adams' Avenue (Upper) drops 448 vertical feet over 3,384 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 110th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northwest.

How well Adams' Avenue (Upper) holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 8°, Adams' Avenue (Upper) gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,750 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.

Adams' Avenue (Upper) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Adams' Avenue (Upper) 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.