Blue Crested Butte, CO
Ruby Steep drops 394 vertical feet over 1,340 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 153rd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Ruby Steep gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 10,680 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.