Double black Wolf Creek, CO
Zia's drops 289 vertical feet over 703 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 64% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 131 named runs at Wolf Creek. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 25°, Zia's gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Wolf Creek does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Wolf Creek. Its top sits at 11,400 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.