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Cache Glades

Black diamond Copper, CO

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical412 ft
Length1,383 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNW
Top11,407 ft

Cache Glades drops 412 vertical feet over 1,383 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces northwest.

How well Cache Glades holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 18°, Cache Glades 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 33rd shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,410 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.

Cache Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cache Glades 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.