Black diamond Sunlight Mountain, CO
Inspiration drops 630 vertical feet over 1,427 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 26°, Inspiration gets about 41% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,000 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.