Black diamond Vail, CO
Ricky's Ridge drops 995 vertical feet over 2,811 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Ricky's Ridge gets about 101% 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 53rd sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,870 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.