Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Max's drops 260 vertical feet over 737 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Max's gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,410 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.