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Peacepipe

Blue Sunlight Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical543 ft
Length1,657 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesNE
Top9,302 ft

Peacepipe drops 543 vertical feet over 1,657 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Peacepipe holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 19°, Peacepipe gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,300 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.

Peacepipe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Peacepipe 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.