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So What

Green Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch9°
Vertical112 ft
Length1,494 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesNE
Top8,374 ft

So What drops 112 vertical feet over 1,494 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 192nd steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northeast.

How well So What holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 4°, So What gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 8,370 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.

So What profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like So What 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.