Unrated Wolf Creek, CO
Staircase Glaes drops 119 vertical feet over 234 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 31°, Staircase Glaes gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,560 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.