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Double Top Glades

Black diamond Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical590 ft
Length2,102 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top10,153 ft

Double Top Glades drops 590 vertical feet over 2,102 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 1,450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.

How well Double Top Glades holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Double Top Glades gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 81st shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,150 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Double Top Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Double Top 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.