Black diamond Ski Granby, CO
Desperado drops 577 vertical feet over 2,294 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 42 named runs at Ski Granby. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 15°, Desperado gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Granby does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Ski Granby. Its top sits at 9,100 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.