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Upper Holy Moses

Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical254 ft
Length833 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesE
Top11,554 ft

Upper Holy Moses drops 254 vertical feet over 833 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces east.

How well Upper Holy Moses holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 18°, Upper Holy Moses gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,550 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.

Upper Holy Moses profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Holy Moses 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.