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Hard Core Resistor

Double black Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch45°
Vertical359 ft
Length1,005 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesE
Top11,779 ft

Hard Core Resistor drops 359 vertical feet over 1,005 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well Hard Core Resistor holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 22°, Hard Core Resistor gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,780 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Hard Core Resistor profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hard Core Resistor 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.