Blue Loveland, CO
Excelleration drops 347 vertical feet over 1,541 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 13°, Excelleration gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 11,730 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.