Double black Crested Butte, CO
Headwall Ridge Traverse drops 413 vertical feet over 2,148 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,950 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 131st steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Headwall Ridge Traverse gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 11,880 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.
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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.