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Tomahawk Face

Blue Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical424 ft
Length1,703 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top10,366 ft

Tomahawk Face drops 424 vertical feet over 1,703 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces south.

How well Tomahawk Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Tomahawk Face gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,370 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.

Tomahawk Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tomahawk Face 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.