Blue Eldora, CO
Klondike drops 497 vertical feet over 2,229 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 58 named runs at Eldora. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, Klondike gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Eldora does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Eldora. Its top sits at 9,940 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.