Double black Telluride, CO
Gold Hill 2 drops 1,486 vertical feet over 3,666 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 1,670 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 25°, Gold Hill 2 gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th sunniest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 12,530 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.