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Lost Boy

Blue Vail, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical1,175 ft
Length7,652 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top10,974 ft

Lost Boy drops 1,175 vertical feet over 7,652 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,820 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 150th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.

How well Lost Boy holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Lost Boy gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 124th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,970 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.

Lost Boy 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.