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Horseshoe

Double black Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical194 ft
Length463 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top10,660 ft

Horseshoe drops 194 vertical feet over 463 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces east.

How well Horseshoe holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 26°, Horseshoe gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,660 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.

Horseshoe profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Horseshoe 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.