Blue Vail, CO
Pony Express - Upper drops 234 vertical feet over 867 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 164th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 16°, Pony Express - Upper gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 9,390 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.