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Drunken Frenchman

Black diamond Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical823 ft
Length2,409 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesNE
Top10,805 ft

Drunken Frenchman drops 823 vertical feet over 2,409 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.

How well Drunken Frenchman holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 20°, Drunken Frenchman gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,800 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.

Drunken Frenchman profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Drunken Frenchman elsewhere

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.