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Sparkle

Blue Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical130 ft
Length942 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesNE
Top10,646 ft

Sparkle drops 130 vertical feet over 942 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 5% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 121st steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well Sparkle holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 8°, Sparkle gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 10,650 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.

Sparkle profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sparkle 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.