Black diamond Wolf Creek, CO
Venus Fly Trap drops 231 vertical feet over 1,115 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 12°, Venus Fly Trap gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 10,750 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.