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Six Shooter

Black diamond Copper, CO

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical405 ft
Length1,094 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesS
Top12,252 ft

Six Shooter drops 405 vertical feet over 1,094 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 56th steepest of 141 named runs at Copper. It faces south.

How well Six Shooter holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 22°, Six Shooter gets about 144% of the winter sun that flat ground at Copper does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Copper. Its top sits at 12,250 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.

Six Shooter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Six Shooter 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.