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Ouzo

Black diamond Vail, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical796 ft
Length2,292 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSW
Top10,687 ft

Ouzo drops 796 vertical feet over 2,292 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces southwest.

How well Ouzo holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 20°, Ouzo gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,690 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Ouzo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ouzo 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.