Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Knife Ridge Gully #2 drops 241 vertical feet over 459 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 4th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 33°, Knife Ridge Gully #2 gets about 46% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,540 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.