Blue Vail, CO
Pony Express - Lower drops 326 vertical feet over 1,786 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 136th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 11°, Pony Express - Lower gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 9,160 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.