Black diamond Loveland, CO
Porcupine Saddle drops 542 vertical feet over 2,634 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 530 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 81 named runs at Loveland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Porcupine Saddle gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loveland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th sunniest named run at Loveland. Its top sits at 12,410 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.