Blue Cuchara, CO
Upper Diablo drops 625 vertical feet over 2,088 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 32 named runs at Cuchara. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Upper Diablo gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Cuchara does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Cuchara. Its top sits at 10,740 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.