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Lionsway - Upper

Green Vail, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical792 ft
Length6,577 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top10,151 ft

Lionsway - Upper drops 792 vertical feet over 6,577 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 6,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 166th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces north.

How well Lionsway - Upper holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 7°, Lionsway - Upper gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 103rd shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,150 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.

Lionsway - Upper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lionsway - Upper 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.