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Sunset

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical552 ft
Length1,680 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSW
Top9,661 ft

Sunset drops 552 vertical feet over 1,680 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 104th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces southwest.

How well Sunset holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 19°, Sunset gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,660 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.

Sunset profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunset 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.