Black diamond Steamboat, CO
Tornado drops 980 vertical feet over 2,715 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 21°, Tornado gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 9,710 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.