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Primrose

Blue Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical299 ft
Length1,511 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top11,252 ft

Primrose drops 299 vertical feet over 1,511 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces southeast.

How well Primrose holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Primrose gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,250 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Primrose profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Primrose 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.