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Apollo

Blue Loveland, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical610 ft
Length3,330 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top12,198 ft

Apollo drops 610 vertical feet over 3,330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 1,650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces southeast.

How well Apollo holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Apollo gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 12,200 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.

Apollo profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Apollo elsewhere

Nearby at Loveland

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.