Blue Snowy Range, WY
Arapahoe drops 235 vertical feet over 1,622 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 34 named runs at Snowy Range. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, Arapahoe gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowy Range does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Snowy Range. Its top sits at 9,190 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.