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Copper

Black diamond Lookout Pass, ID

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical335 ft
Length1,162 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top5,096 ft

Copper drops 335 vertical feet over 1,162 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 49 named runs at Lookout Pass. It faces east.

How well Copper holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Copper gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Lookout Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Lookout Pass. Its top sits at 5,100 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Copper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Copper elsewhere

Nearby at Lookout Pass

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.