Blue Vail, CO
Poppyfields East drops 850 vertical feet over 4,048 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 3,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 135th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, Poppyfields East gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 55th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,330 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.