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Highline

Black diamond Copper, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical1,031 ft
Length3,221 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSE
Top11,618 ft

Highline drops 1,031 vertical feet over 3,221 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 2,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces southeast.

How well Highline holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 19°, Highline gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,620 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.

Highline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Highline 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.