Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Left Hand drops 852 vertical feet over 3,620 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 2,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Left Hand gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,450 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.