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Jolly Jug

Blue Eldora, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical704 ft
Length3,314 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top10,373 ft

Jolly Jug drops 704 vertical feet over 3,314 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 58 named runs at Eldora. It faces east.

How well Jolly Jug holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Jolly Jug gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Eldora does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Eldora. Its top sits at 10,370 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.

Jolly Jug profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Jolly Jug 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.