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Rasputin's Revenge

Black diamond Vail, CO

Steepest pitch49°
Vertical920 ft
Length2,042 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSE
Top11,025 ft

Rasputin's Revenge drops 920 vertical feet over 2,042 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces southeast.

How well Rasputin's Revenge holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 27°, Rasputin's Revenge gets about 149% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,020 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.

Rasputin's Revenge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rasputin's Revenge elsewhere

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.