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Sunnyside

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical760 ft
Length2,785 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top9,194 ft

Sunnyside drops 760 vertical feet over 2,785 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 98th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces south.

How well Sunnyside holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, Sunnyside gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,190 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.

Sunnyside profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunnyside 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.