Double black Copper, CO
Schaefer's drops 703 vertical feet over 1,993 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 46° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 21°, Schaefer's gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 12,290 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.
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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.