Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Close Call drops 436 vertical feet over 1,250 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Close Call gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,730 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.