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Wineskin

Blue Snowmass, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical1,380 ft
Length5,284 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesN
Top11,256 ft

Wineskin drops 1,380 vertical feet over 5,284 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 84th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.

How well Wineskin holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 15°, Wineskin gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,260 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.

Wineskin profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wineskin 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.