Double black Sunlight Mountain, CO
Deception drops 727 vertical feet over 1,944 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 1,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 22°, Deception gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,170 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.