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Monkshood

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical367 ft
Length2,210 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesE
Top9,922 ft

Monkshood drops 367 vertical feet over 2,210 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 540 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 east.

How well Monkshood holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 10°, Monkshood gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,920 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.

Monkshood profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Monkshood 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.