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Meadows

Green Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical384 ft
Length3,146 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top9,546 ft

Meadows drops 384 vertical feet over 3,146 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 128th steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces northwest.

How well Meadows holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Meadows gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 9,550 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Meadows profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Meadows elsewhere

Nearby at Telluride

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.