Blue Crested Butte, CO
Upper Forest Queen drops 732 vertical feet over 2,537 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 165th steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Upper Forest Queen gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crested Butte does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Crested Butte. Its top sits at 11,070 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.