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Cannonball

Black diamond Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical745 ft
Length1,992 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesE
Top10,726 ft

Cannonball drops 745 vertical feet over 1,992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Cannonball holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 22°, Cannonball gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,730 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.

Cannonball profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cannonball elsewhere

Nearby at Winter Park

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.