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Sandy Park

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,205 ft
Length7,474 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top11,076 ft

Sandy Park drops 1,205 vertical feet over 7,474 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Sandy Park holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Sandy Park gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 100th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,080 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.

Sandy Park profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sandy Park 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.