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Little Bankshot

Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical155 ft
Length985 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesNE
Top11,204 ft

Little Bankshot drops 155 vertical feet over 985 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 940 feet below the top. That's steeper than 2% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 116th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Little Bankshot holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 9°, Little Bankshot gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 46th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,200 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Bankshot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Bankshot elsewhere

Nearby at Wolf Creek

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.