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The Pitch

Blue Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical186 ft
Length1,487 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top11,150 ft

The Pitch drops 186 vertical feet over 1,487 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.

How well The Pitch holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, The Pitch gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,150 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.

The Pitch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Pitch 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.