Double black Vail, CO
steep and deep drops 399 vertical feet over 2,478 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 6% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 155th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, steep and deep gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 119th shadiest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,770 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.
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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.