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Dusk

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical311 ft
Length1,258 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesW
Top9,765 ft

Dusk drops 311 vertical feet over 1,258 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 140th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.

How well Dusk holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 14°, Dusk gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 51st sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,770 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Dusk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dusk 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.