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Lower Holy Moses

Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical188 ft
Length714 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top11,014 ft

Lower Holy Moses drops 188 vertical feet over 714 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Holy Moses holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Lower Holy Moses gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 73rd shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,010 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.

Lower Holy Moses profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Holy Moses 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.