Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Railbender drops 1,253 vertical feet over 3,613 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 2,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 65th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Railbender gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 10,910 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.