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East Face

Double black Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical506 ft
Length2,725 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top10,566 ft

East Face drops 506 vertical feet over 2,725 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northeast.

How well East Face holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, East Face gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 117th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,570 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.

East Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Face 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.