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Cloud 9 - Middle

Blue Vail, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical400 ft
Length4,216 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNW
Top10,132 ft

Cloud 9 - Middle drops 400 vertical feet over 4,216 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 3,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 174th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.

How well Cloud 9 - Middle holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 6°, Cloud 9 - Middle gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,130 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.

Cloud 9 - Middle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.