Black diamond Sunlight Mountain, CO
Showdown drops 546 vertical feet over 1,490 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Showdown gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,730 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.