Black diamond Copper, CO
Hodson's Cut drops 1,050 vertical feet over 3,902 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 2,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, Hodson's Cut gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,590 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.