Black diamond Winter Park, CO
Sterling Way drops 758 vertical feet over 2,181 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 68th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Sterling Way gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,140 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.