Green Purgatory, CO
Silvertip drops 187 vertical feet over 2,214 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 1,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 88th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 5°, Silvertip gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 10,540 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.