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Wall 2

Double black Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch54°
Vertical575 ft
Length1,480 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesNE
Top11,026 ft

Wall 2 drops 575 vertical feet over 1,480 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 54° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northeast.

How well Wall 2 holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 24°, Wall 2 gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,030 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.

Wall 2 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wall 2 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.