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Nostrils

Double black Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch50°
Vertical769 ft
Length—
Average pitch36°
FacesNW
Top9,709 ft

Nostrils drops 769 vertical feet over feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50°. That's steeper than 99% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nostrils 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.