Green 49 Degrees North, WA
Gold Chute drops 230 vertical feet over 2,477 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 6°, Gold Chute gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,200 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.