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Zip Basin Street

Blue Loveland, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical871 ft
Length3,741 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesSE
Top12,126 ft

Zip Basin Street drops 871 vertical feet over 3,741 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 2,200 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 Zip Basin Street holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 14°, Zip Basin Street 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 10th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 12,130 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.

Zip Basin Street profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Zip Basin Street 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.