Black diamond Vail, CO
Golden Peak Race drops 1,806 vertical feet over 6,505 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 4,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 16°, Golden Peak Race gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 81st sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,040 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.
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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.