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Parry's Peek

Blue Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical1,605 ft
Length7,843 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top11,991 ft

Parry's Peek drops 1,605 vertical feet over 7,843 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 7,620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 99th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.

How well Parry's Peek holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Parry's Peek gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 80th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,990 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Parry's Peek profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Parry's Peek 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.