Blue Cuchara, CO
Longhorn drops 859 vertical feet over 2,634 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 32 named runs at Cuchara. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 19°, Longhorn gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cuchara does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Cuchara. Its top sits at 10,360 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.