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Solarium

Double black Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical467 ft
Length1,330 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top10,996 ft

Solarium drops 467 vertical feet over 1,330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces east.

How well Solarium holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 21°, Solarium gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,000 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Solarium profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Solarium 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.