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Giggle Gulch

Green Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical637 ft
Length3,385 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesW
Top7,819 ft

Giggle Gulch drops 637 vertical feet over 3,385 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 148th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.

How well Giggle Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 11°, Giggle Gulch gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 7,820 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Giggle Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Giggle 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.