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  1. Newsgroups: rec.skiing
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!pasteur!cory.Berkeley.EDU!von
  3. From: von@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Steve Von Worley)
  4. Subject: Re: Steepness 
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.015723.16466@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
  6. Sender: nntp@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (NNTP Poster)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: cory.berkeley.edu
  8. Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
  9. References: <1992Nov18.195849.10259@netcom.com>
  10. Distribution: usa
  11. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 01:57:23 GMT
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  13.  
  14. In article <1992Nov18.195849.10259@netcom.com> brunette@netcom.com (Hal Brunette) writes:
  15. >...
  16. >Name of Run       Where                   Percent Grade          Degree Slope
  17. >
  18. >The Headwall      Tuckerman Ravine, NH        116%                49   degrees
  19. >Great Scott       Snowbird, UT                 98%                44.5 degrees
  20. >Saudan Couloir    Blackcomb, BC                87.5%              41   degrees
  21. >Corbett's Couloir Jackson Hole, WY             80%                38.6 degrees
  22. >(Typical Household Staircase)  --------------  63%  ------------  32.3 degrees
  23. >Palivacinni       Arapahoe Basin, CO           58%                30   degrees
  24. >Outer Limits      Killington, VT               42.6%              23   degrees
  25. >Exhibition        Squaw Valley, CA             41%                22   degrees
  26. >White Heat        Sunday River, ME             38.5%              21   degrees
  27. >Prima             Vail, CO                     37.5%              20.5 degrees
  28. >Spiral Staircase  Telluride, CO                35.8%              20   degrees
  29. >Goat              Stowe, VT                    35.3               19.5 degrees
  30. >
  31. >....
  32.  
  33. Too bad they didn't include Taos; most of the groovy ridge runs and some
  34. of the lift served experts runs average about 45 degrees, with decent
  35. stretches at about 50 degrees.  I would be curious to see just how steep
  36. the steepest is.
  37.  
  38. Steve
  39. -- 
  40. Steve Von Worley
  41. von@cory.berkeley.edu
  42. Computer Science Gradual Student
  43. University of California at Berzerkly 
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