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Better Not

Double black Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch63°
Vertical299 ft
Length493 ft
Average pitch41°
FacesE
Top10,995 ft

Better Not drops 299 vertical feet over 493 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 63° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Better Not holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 41°, Better Not gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,000 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Better Not profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Winter Park

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.