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Carefree

Green Copper, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical492 ft
Length2,833 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesN
Top10,779 ft

Carefree drops 492 vertical feet over 2,833 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 2,020 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 117th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces north.

How well Carefree holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 10°, Carefree gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 10,780 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.

Carefree profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Carefree 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.