Double black Copper, CO
Drain Pipe drops 344 vertical feet over 1,036 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Drain Pipe gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,940 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.