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Iron Mask

Double black Copper, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical704 ft
Length2,390 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top12,344 ft

Iron Mask drops 704 vertical feet over 2,390 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces southeast.

How well Iron Mask holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Iron Mask gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 12,340 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.

Iron Mask profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Iron Mask 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.