Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Step Bowl drops 304 vertical feet over 747 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Step Bowl gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,550 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.