Green Vail, CO
Ridge Route drops 177 vertical feet over 1,860 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 1,540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 191st steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 6°, Ridge Route gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,770 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.