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Nova

Green Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical116 ft
Length854 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top10,800 ft

Nova drops 116 vertical feet over 854 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 125th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Nova holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Nova gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 10,800 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.

Nova profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nova 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.