Double black Sunlight Mountain, CO
Rapid Transit drops 288 vertical feet over 510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 34°, Rapid Transit gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,990 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.