Blue Vail, CO
Cloud 9 - Lower drops 172 vertical feet over 1,905 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 167th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 6°, Cloud 9 - Lower gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 9,730 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.