Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Area 54 drops 494 vertical feet over 1,733 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 990 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Area 54 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 42nd shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,170 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.