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  1. From: cal@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Tony Lelm)
  2. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:38:07 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: Steepness
  4. Message-ID: <122930219@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
  5. Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  6. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!scd.hp.com!hpscdm!hplextra!hpfcso!cal
  7. Newsgroups: rec.skiing
  8. References: <1992Nov18.195849.10259@netcom.com>
  9. Lines: 31
  10.  
  11. In rec.skiing, brunette@netcom.com (Hal Brunette) writes:
  12.  
  13. > Here's an abridged version of a table appearing in the December 1992 Snow
  14. > Country magazine which I found very interesting.  
  15. > 
  16. > Name of Run       Where                   Percent Grade          Degree Slope
  17. > 
  18. > The Headwall      Tuckerman Ravine, NH        116%                49   
  19. > Great Scott       Snowbird, UT                 98%                44.5 
  20. > Saudan Couloir    Blackcomb, BC                87.5%              41   
  21. > Corbett's Couloir Jackson Hole, WY             80%                38.6 
  22. > (Typical Household Staircase)  --------------  63%  ------------  32.3 
  23. > Palivacinni       Arapahoe Basin, CO           58%                30   
  24. > Outer Limits      Killington, VT               42.6%              23   
  25. > Exhibition        Squaw Valley, CA             41%                22   
  26. > White Heat        Sunday River, ME             38.5%              21   
  27. > Prima             Vail, CO                     37.5%              20.5 
  28. > Spiral Staircase  Telluride, CO                35.8%              20   
  29. > Goat              Stowe, VT                    35.3               19.5 
  30. > 
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  32.  
  33. The Snow Country article also lists the rise, run and length stats for
  34. these slopes, which gives another interseting basis for comparison.
  35.  
  36. Anyone care to add their favorite "steeps" to this list?
  37.  
  38. For instance:  How does Alf's at Alta compare?
  39.  
  40. < Tony Lelm    cal@fc.hp.com   303-229-6082
  41. Cogito ergo ski-----Carpe skiem-----What you seize is what you get------
  42.