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Porcupine

Green Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical181 ft
Length1,679 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top9,581 ft

Porcupine drops 181 vertical feet over 1,679 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 147th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces north.

How well Porcupine holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 6°, Porcupine gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 9,580 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.

Porcupine profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Porcupine 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.