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Grizzly

Blue Sunlight Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical181 ft
Length1,208 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top9,359 ft

Grizzly drops 181 vertical feet over 1,208 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Grizzly holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Grizzly gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,360 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.

Grizzly profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Grizzly elsewhere

Nearby at Sunlight Mountain

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.