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Indian Ridge

Black diamond Copper, CO

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical254 ft
Length952 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesE
Top11,630 ft

Indian Ridge drops 254 vertical feet over 952 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces east.

How well Indian Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 16°, Indian Ridge gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,630 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.

Indian Ridge profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Indian Ridge 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.