Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Chi's drops 276 vertical feet over 686 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Chi's gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,400 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.