Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Golden Spike drops 748 vertical feet over 2,026 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 60th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Golden Spike gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,020 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.