Double black Crested Butte, CO
The Glades drops 950 vertical feet over 2,644 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 1,730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 22°, The Glades gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 11,270 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.