Double black Sunlight Mountain, CO
The Heathen drops 260 vertical feet over 448 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 36°, The Heathen gets about 33% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,900 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.