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Nellie

Green Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical288 ft
Length3,178 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNW
Top11,138 ft

Nellie drops 288 vertical feet over 3,178 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 2,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 135th steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces northwest.

How well Nellie holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 5°, Nellie gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 11,140 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.

Nellie profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nellie 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.