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Four Points Lift Line

Black diamond Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical1,283 ft
Length3,554 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesNW
Top9,687 ft

Four Points Lift Line drops 1,283 vertical feet over 3,554 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 1,370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.

How well Four Points Lift Line holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 21°, Four Points Lift Line gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,690 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.

Four Points Lift Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Four Points Lift Line 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.