Double black Winter Park, CO
Playing Fields drops 448 vertical feet over 1,240 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Playing Fields gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,810 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.