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Crystal

Blue Sunlight Mountain, CO

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical561 ft
Length1,918 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top8,978 ft

Crystal drops 561 vertical feet over 1,918 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Crystal holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Crystal gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 59th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,980 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.

Crystal profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crystal elsewhere

Nearby at Sunlight Mountain

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.