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Baby Ruth

Double black Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical525 ft
Length1,381 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesNE
Top11,428 ft

Baby Ruth drops 525 vertical feet over 1,381 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northeast.

How well Baby Ruth holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 23°, Baby Ruth gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,430 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.

Baby Ruth profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Baby Ruth 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.