Double black Snowmass, CO
Lower Ladder drops 870 vertical feet over 3,587 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 126 named runs at Snowmass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Ladder gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowmass does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th shadiest named run at Snowmass. Its top sits at 11,160 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 USGS lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.