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Sunburst Bowl

Blue Loveland, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical324 ft
Length2,284 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top12,199 ft

Sunburst Bowl drops 324 vertical feet over 2,284 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces southeast.

How well Sunburst Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Sunburst Bowl gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th 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.

Sunburst Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunburst Bowl 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.