Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Glory Hole drops 457 vertical feet over 2,345 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Glory Hole gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,550 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.