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Village Bypass, Pick'N Gad

Green Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical15 ft
Length87 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top10,421 ft

Village Bypass, Pick'N Gad drops 15 vertical feet over 87 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 131st steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces southwest.

How well Village Bypass, Pick'N Gad holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Village Bypass, Pick'N Gad gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 10,420 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.

Village Bypass, Pick'N Gad profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.