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Grey Wolf

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,539 ft
Length7,603 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesN
Top11,337 ft

Grey Wolf drops 1,539 vertical feet over 7,603 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 5,520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Grey Wolf holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 12°, Grey Wolf gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,340 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.

Grey Wolf profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grey Wolf 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.