Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Gold Rush drops 332 vertical feet over 1,502 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Gold Rush gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,480 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.