Black diamond Sunlight Mountain, CO
Zephyr drops 677 vertical feet over 2,152 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 69 named runs at Sunlight Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Zephyr gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sunlight Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Sunlight Mountain. Its top sits at 9,550 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.