Black diamond Purgatory, CO
Elevator Shaft drops 297 vertical feet over 861 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Elevator Shaft gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,850 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.