Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Balch drops 888 vertical feet over 2,767 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 62nd steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Balch gets about 52% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,530 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.