Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Black Coal drops 732 vertical feet over 2,004 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 22°, Black Coal gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,300 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.