Blue Antelope Butte, WY
W5 drops 221 vertical feet over 2,349 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 40 named runs at Antelope Butte. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 5°, W5 gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Antelope Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Antelope Butte. Its top sits at 8,620 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.