Black diamond Sunlight Mountain, CO
W. Wishbone Alley drops 354 vertical feet over 1,115 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, W. Wishbone Alley gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 8,630 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.