Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Alberta Face drops 294 vertical feet over 1,024 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Alberta Face gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,560 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.