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Eclipse

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical44 ft
Length424 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesS
Top9,409 ft

Eclipse drops 44 vertical feet over 424 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces south.

How well Eclipse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 6°, Eclipse gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,410 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.

Eclipse profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Eclipse 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.