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Cascade Way

Blue Vail, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical449 ft
Length3,935 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNW
Top8,492 ft

Cascade Way drops 449 vertical feet over 3,935 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 176th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.

How well Cascade Way holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 7°, Cascade Way gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 106th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 8,490 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.

Cascade Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cascade Way 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.