Blue Copper, CO
Main Vein drops 1,462 vertical feet over 6,251 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 5,960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, Main Vein gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 11,230 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.