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Alicante

Black diamond Copper, CO

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical540 ft
Length1,629 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesS
Top11,917 ft

Alicante drops 540 vertical feet over 1,629 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces south.

How well Alicante holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 19°, Alicante gets about 140% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,920 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.

Alicante profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alicante elsewhere

Nearby at Copper

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.