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Alto

Blue Spout Springs, OR

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical389 ft
Length2,192 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top5,445 ft

Alto drops 389 vertical feet over 2,192 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 15 named runs at Spout Springs. It faces southwest.

How well Alto holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Alto gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Spout Springs does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Spout Springs. Its top sits at 5,440 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.

Alto profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alto elsewhere

Nearby at Spout Springs

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.