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Poverty Gulch

Green Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical303 ft
Length2,065 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNW
Top10,282 ft

Poverty Gulch drops 303 vertical feet over 2,065 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 208th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northwest.

How well Poverty Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 9°, Poverty Gulch 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 53rd sunniest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,280 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.

Poverty Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Poverty Gulch 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.