Blue Vail, CO
The Star - Lower drops 239 vertical feet over 740 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 19°, The Star - Lower gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 69th sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 10,290 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.