Black diamond Crested Butte, CO
Lower International drops 599 vertical feet over 2,768 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 1,890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 143rd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Lower International gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,150 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.