Blue Winter Park, CO
Paintbrush drops 622 vertical feet over 3,094 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 112th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Paintbrush gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,560 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.