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Little Lizzie

Blue Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical336 ft
Length2,027 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSW
Top10,151 ft

Little Lizzie drops 336 vertical feet over 2,027 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 202nd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces southwest.

How well Little Lizzie holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 10°, Little Lizzie gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,150 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.

Little Lizzie profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Lizzie 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.