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Sunshine

Double black Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical325 ft
Length1,050 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top10,854 ft

Sunshine drops 325 vertical feet over 1,050 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces southeast.

How well Sunshine holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Sunshine gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 10,850 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.

Sunshine profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunshine 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.