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Cady's Cafe

Black diamond Vail, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical772 ft
Length2,890 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesNE
Top10,139 ft

Cady's Cafe drops 772 vertical feet over 2,890 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northeast.

How well Cady's Cafe holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 16°, Cady's Cafe gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 96th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,140 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.

Cady's Cafe profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cady's Cafe elsewhere

Nearby at Vail

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.