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Slider

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,573 ft
Length8,075 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top10,424 ft

Slider drops 1,573 vertical feet over 8,075 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Slider holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 11°, Slider gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 97th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 10,420 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.

Slider profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Slider 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.