No no, the steepness isnt the problem. 3 yrs ago when they had it there, it was good for a while. The problem I usually find, mind you this coincides with the steepness, is that it is too narrow and it really gets crazy with that much speed. Plus, the fact they never groom the damn thing. I think the best pipe I ever rode was the one on Whistler that they used for global X games, and it was probably steeper than the lakes. They just built it right. Whatever happened to global X anyway?