Black diamond Steamboat, CO
Nelson's Run drops 1,234 vertical feet over 3,410 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 2,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 21°, Nelson's Run gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 71st sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,710 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.
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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.