Blue Snowmass, CO
Blue Grouse drops 965 vertical feet over 4,555 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Blue Grouse gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 9,760 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.