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Prima - Lower

Blue Vail, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical334 ft
Length1,174 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesN
Top9,499 ft

Prima - Lower drops 334 vertical feet over 1,174 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 149th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces north.

How well Prima - Lower holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 17°, Prima - Lower gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 9,500 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Prima - Lower profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Prima - Lower 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.