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Flying Z Gulch

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical448 ft
Length1,578 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNW
Top9,484 ft

Flying Z Gulch drops 448 vertical feet over 1,578 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.

How well Flying Z Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 17°, Flying Z Gulch gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,480 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.

Flying Z Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Flying Z Gulch 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.