Double black Copper, CO
Patrol Chute drops 476 vertical feet over 1,078 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 210 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 27°, Patrol Chute gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 12,310 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.