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I-Way

Green Copper, CO

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical190 ft
Length1,457 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesE
Top10,796 ft

I-Way drops 190 vertical feet over 1,457 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 133rd steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces east.

How well I-Way holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 8°, I-Way gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 10,800 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.

I-Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like I-Way 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.