Black diamond Loveland, CO
Splashdown drops 658 vertical feet over 1,978 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Splashdown gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 11,780 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.