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Ouzo Glade

Black diamond Vail, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical448 ft
Length1,966 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSW
Top10,588 ft

Ouzo Glade drops 448 vertical feet over 1,966 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 168th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces southwest.

How well Ouzo Glade holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 13°, Ouzo Glade gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,590 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 Glade profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ouzo Glade 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.