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Body Bag Glades

Double black Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch49°
Vertical487 ft
Length859 ft
Average pitch35°
FacesNE
Top10,412 ft

Body Bag Glades drops 487 vertical feet over 859 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.

How well Body Bag Glades holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 35°, Body Bag Glades gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,410 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.

Body Bag Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Body Bag Glades elsewhere

Nearby at Crested Butte

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.