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Sourdough

Green Vail, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical394 ft
Length1,831 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top11,209 ft

Sourdough drops 394 vertical feet over 1,831 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 158th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces northwest.

How well Sourdough holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Sourdough gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 116th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,210 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sourdough profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sourdough 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.