Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Sidewinder drops 508 vertical feet over 1,899 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, Sidewinder gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,390 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.