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High Tide

Green Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical194 ft
Length1,208 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSW
Top9,493 ft

High Tide drops 194 vertical feet over 1,208 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 207th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces southwest.

How well High Tide holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southwest at an average 9°, High Tide gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 9,490 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

High Tide profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like High Tide 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.