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Tram Shot

Double black Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch44°
Vertical421 ft
Length760 ft
Average pitch34°
FacesNE
Top12,923 ft

Tram Shot drops 421 vertical feet over 760 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 44° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces northeast.

How well Tram Shot holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 34°, Tram Shot gets about 53% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 12,920 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.

Tram Shot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tram Shot 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.