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Ramrod

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical313 ft
Length1,578 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSW
Top9,610 ft

Ramrod drops 313 vertical feet over 1,578 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 510 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 164th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces southwest.

How well Ramrod holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 12°, Ramrod gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,610 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.

Ramrod profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ramrod 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.