Blue Vail, CO
Whippersnapper drops 210 vertical feet over 866 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 165th steepest of 194 named runs at Vail. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 14°, Whippersnapper gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Vail does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 61st sunniest named run at Vail. Its top sits at 9,370 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.