Green Ski Granby, CO
Mel drops 69 vertical feet over 615 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 42 named runs at Ski Granby. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 7°, Mel gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Granby does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Ski Granby. Its top sits at 8,690 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.