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Mach 1

Black diamond Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical157 ft
Length351 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesE
Top9,787 ft

Mach 1 drops 157 vertical feet over 351 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 122nd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces east.

How well Mach 1 holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 27°, Mach 1 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 49th sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 9,790 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.

Mach 1 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mach 1 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.