Double black Copper, CO
Buzzard's Alley drops 644 vertical feet over 2,045 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Buzzard's Alley gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 12,290 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.