Black diamond Steamboat, CO
Vortex drops 531 vertical feet over 1,636 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 19°, Vortex gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 102nd sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 8,940 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.