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Lover's Leap

Black diamond Vail, CO

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical734 ft
Length3,028 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top11,086 ft

Lover's Leap drops 734 vertical feet over 3,028 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northeast.

How well Lover's Leap holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Lover's Leap gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 86th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,090 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.

Lover's Leap profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lover's Leap 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.