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Awesome

Blue Loveland, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical870 ft
Length6,282 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top12,125 ft

Awesome drops 870 vertical feet over 6,282 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces southeast.

How well Awesome holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Awesome gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 12,120 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.

Awesome profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Awesome 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.