Blue Eldora, CO
La Belle Dame drops 742 vertical feet over 2,641 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 58 named runs at Eldora. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, La Belle Dame gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Eldora does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Eldora. Its top sits at 10,370 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.