Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Jaybird drops 513 vertical feet over 2,394 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 35% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 13°, Jaybird gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,030 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.