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Lupin

Black diamond Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical410 ft
Length1,516 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesSE
Top11,451 ft

Lupin drops 410 vertical feet over 1,516 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces southeast.

How well Lupin holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 16°, Lupin gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,450 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.

Lupin profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lupin 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.