Double black Purgatory, CO
Sicklicious drops 389 vertical feet over 1,052 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 22°, Sicklicious gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,740 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.