Blue Vail, CO
The Star drops 836 vertical feet over 2,920 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 113th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 17°, The Star gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 11,130 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.