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Gold Hill 6

Double black Telluride, CO

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical844 ft
Length1,798 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesNW
Top12,628 ft

Gold Hill 6 drops 844 vertical feet over 1,798 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 137 named runs at Telluride. It faces northwest.

How well Gold Hill 6 holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 29°, Gold Hill 6 gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Telluride does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th shadiest named run at Telluride. Its top sits at 12,630 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.

Gold Hill 6 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gold Hill 6 elsewhere

Nearby at Telluride

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.