Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Waterfall Gully drops 474 vertical feet over 1,367 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Waterfall Gully gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,000 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.