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Big Meadow

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical515 ft
Length3,447 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top9,999 ft

Big Meadow drops 515 vertical feet over 3,447 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 3,190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 127th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.

How well Big Meadow holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Big Meadow gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 104th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,000 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Big Meadow profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Big Meadow elsewhere

Nearby at Steamboat

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.