Blue Crested Butte, CO
Bear drops 166 vertical feet over 736 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 202nd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Bear gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,340 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.