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Hal's Hollow (Lower)

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical351 ft
Length1,810 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top9,320 ft

Hal's Hollow (Lower) drops 351 vertical feet over 1,810 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Hal's Hollow (Lower) holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Hal's Hollow (Lower) gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 85th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,320 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.

Hal's Hollow (Lower) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hal's Hollow (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.