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Three O'Clock

Black diamond Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,451 ft
Length3,829 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesW
Top10,175 ft

Three O'Clock drops 1,451 vertical feet over 3,829 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 2,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.

How well Three O'Clock holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing west at an average 22°, Three O'Clock gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,170 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.

Three O'Clock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Three O'Clock 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.