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Little Burn

Blue Copper, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical1,010 ft
Length4,102 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesN
Top11,521 ft

Little Burn drops 1,010 vertical feet over 4,102 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces north.

How well Little Burn holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 14°, Little Burn gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,520 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Burn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Burn 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.