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Cold Springs Cut Off

Blue Sun Valley, ID

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,028 ft
Length3,412 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top7,656 ft

Cold Springs Cut Off drops 1,028 vertical feet over 3,412 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces southeast.

How well Cold Springs Cut Off holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Cold Springs Cut Off gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 7,660 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.

Cold Springs Cut Off profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cold Springs Cut Off elsewhere

Nearby at Sun Valley

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.