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Gopher Hill

Green Vail, CO

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical115 ft
Length805 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesN
Top8,344 ft

Gopher Hill drops 115 vertical feet over 805 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 185th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces north.

How well Gopher Hill holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 8°, Gopher Hill gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 117th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 8,340 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.

Gopher Hill profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gopher Hill 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.