home of the Pure Awesomeness Factor Better Data, Better Skiing

Wake Up Call

Black diamond Steamboat, CO

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical345 ft
Length1,897 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesS
Top10,500 ft

Wake Up Call drops 345 vertical feet over 1,897 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 195 named runs at Steamboat. It faces south.

How well Wake Up Call holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 11°, Wake Up Call gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Steamboat does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Steamboat. Its top sits at 10,500 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.

Wake Up Call profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wake Up Call 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.