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Huffman's

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical204 ft
Length786 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top8,994 ft

Huffman's drops 204 vertical feet over 786 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 70 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 Huffman's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Huffman's 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 9th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 8,990 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.

Huffman's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Huffman's 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.