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Calf Roper

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical154 ft
Length1,446 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNW
Top9,887 ft

Calf Roper drops 154 vertical feet over 1,446 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 184th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.

How well Calf Roper holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 6°, Calf Roper gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,890 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.

Calf Roper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Calf Roper 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.