Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Hughes drops 1,106 vertical feet over 3,892 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 3,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 18% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Hughes gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,680 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.