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Summer Day

Blue Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical570 ft
Length2,715 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top11,579 ft

Summer Day drops 570 vertical feet over 2,715 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 66th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces east.

How well Summer Day holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Summer Day gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,580 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Summer Day profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Summer Day 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.