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Edelweiss

Blue Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical848 ft
Length5,758 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top11,209 ft

Edelweiss drops 848 vertical feet over 5,758 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 4,290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Edelweiss holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, Edelweiss gets about 103% 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 24th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,210 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.

Edelweiss profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Edelweiss 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.