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Sunnyside

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical626 ft
Length2,538 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top10,612 ft

Sunnyside drops 626 vertical feet over 2,538 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces east.

How well Sunnyside holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Sunnyside gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 10,610 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sunnyside profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunnyside 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.