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High Line

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical161 ft
Length1,722 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSW
Top10,310 ft

High Line drops 161 vertical feet over 1,722 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,690 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 153rd steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces southwest.

How well High Line holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 5°, High Line gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,310 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.

High Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like High 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.