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Jump Start

Black diamond Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical167 ft
Length766 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top10,255 ft

Jump Start drops 167 vertical feet over 766 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 113th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northeast.

How well Jump Start holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Jump Start gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 118th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,260 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.

Jump Start profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Jump Start 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.