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East Branch

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical761 ft
Length6,373 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top8,878 ft

East Branch drops 761 vertical feet over 6,373 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 102nd steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northeast.

How well East Branch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, East Branch gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 8,880 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.

East Branch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Branch 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.