Blue Crested Butte, CO
Cascade drops 498 vertical feet over 2,171 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 179th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Cascade gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,140 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.