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Roller Coaster

Green Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical318 ft
Length1,962 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top10,355 ft

Roller Coaster drops 318 vertical feet over 1,962 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 1,440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 184th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northwest.

How well Roller Coaster holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Roller Coaster gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,350 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.

Roller Coaster profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Roller Coaster 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.