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Cannonball Run

Black diamond Eldora, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical847 ft
Length2,970 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top10,355 ft

Cannonball Run drops 847 vertical feet over 2,970 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 58 named runs at Eldora. It faces east.

How well Cannonball Run holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Cannonball Run gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Eldora does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Eldora. Its top sits at 10,360 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.

Cannonball Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cannonball Run elsewhere

Nearby at Eldora

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.