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Evolution Park

Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical437 ft
Length2,815 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top4,534 ft

Evolution Park drops 437 vertical feet over 2,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Evolution Park holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Evolution Park gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,530 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.

Evolution Park profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Evolution Park elsewhere

Nearby at Snowshoe Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. 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.