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Turkey Trot

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical839 ft
Length5,643 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top10,605 ft

Turkey Trot drops 839 vertical feet over 5,643 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northeast.

How well Turkey Trot holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Turkey Trot gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 10,600 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.

Turkey Trot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Turkey Trot 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.