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Center Pocket

Double black Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch49°
Vertical164 ft
Length301 ft
Average pitch34°
FacesN
Top11,564 ft

Center Pocket drops 164 vertical feet over 301 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.

How well Center Pocket holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 34°, Center Pocket gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th 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.

Center Pocket profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Center Pocket elsewhere

Nearby at Wolf Creek

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.