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Scooper (Upper)

Green Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical222 ft
Length1,659 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top9,542 ft

Scooper (Upper) drops 222 vertical feet over 1,659 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 121st steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Scooper (Upper) holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 8°, Scooper (Upper) gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,540 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.

Scooper (Upper) profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Scooper (Upper) 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.