Blue Copper, CO
Lower Carefree drops 504 vertical feet over 2,556 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 2,040 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 98th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Lower Carefree gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 72nd shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 10,290 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.
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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.