Double black Crested Butte, CO
The North Face drops 727 vertical feet over 1,701 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 1,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 61st steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 27°, The North Face gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 11,280 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.