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Lower Sleeping Beauty

Blue Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical359 ft
Length2,952 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesN
Top10,887 ft

Lower Sleeping Beauty drops 359 vertical feet over 2,952 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.

How well Lower Sleeping Beauty holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 7°, Lower Sleeping Beauty gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 10,890 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 Sleeping Beauty profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Sleeping Beauty 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.