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Sandia

Blue Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical716 ft
Length4,646 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top11,490 ft

Sandia drops 716 vertical feet over 4,646 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces north.

How well Sandia holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Sandia gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 11,490 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sandia profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sandia elsewhere

Nearby at Telluride

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.