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The Cowboys

Double black Winter Park, CO

Steepest pitch43°
Vertical350 ft
Length1,094 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top11,747 ft

The Cowboys drops 350 vertical feet over 1,094 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 164 named runs at Winter Park. It faces east.

How well The Cowboys holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 21°, The Cowboys gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Winter Park does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Winter Park. Its top sits at 11,750 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Cowboys profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Cowboys 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.