Black diamond Crested Butte, CO
Resurrection drops 769 vertical feet over 2,546 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,870 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 155th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Resurrection gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,130 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.