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Creekside (Lower)

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical420 ft
Length4,325 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top8,534 ft

Creekside (Lower) drops 420 vertical feet over 4,325 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 2,570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 126th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Creekside (Lower) holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 6°, Creekside (Lower) gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 8,530 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.

Creekside (Lower) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Creekside (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.