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Warm Springs Face

Blue Sun Valley, ID

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical1,225 ft
Length3,421 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesN
Top9,026 ft

Warm Springs Face drops 1,225 vertical feet over 3,421 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 99 named runs at Sun Valley. It faces north.

How well Warm Springs Face holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 21°, Warm Springs Face gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sun Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Sun Valley. Its top sits at 9,030 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.

Warm Springs Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Warm Springs Face 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.