Black diamond Crested Butte, CO
Crystal drops 687 vertical feet over 1,885 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 145th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 22°, Crystal 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 11th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,960 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.