Double black Crested Butte, CO
Phoenix Chutes drops 702 vertical feet over 1,223 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 36°, Phoenix Chutes gets about 40% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,600 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.