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Easy Out

Black diamond Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical342 ft
Length2,371 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top10,564 ft

Easy Out drops 342 vertical feet over 2,371 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 2,150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 173rd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.

How well Easy Out holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 9°, Easy Out gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,560 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.

Easy Out profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Easy Out 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.