Double black Vail, CO
Chair 4 Cliffs drops 759 vertical feet over 2,564 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 1,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Chair 4 Cliffs gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,140 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.
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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.