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Green Beret

Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical455 ft
Length1,547 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesSE
Top4,752 ft

Green Beret drops 455 vertical feet over 1,547 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces southeast.

How well Green Beret holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 17°, Green Beret gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,750 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Green Beret profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Green Beret elsewhere

Nearby at 49 Degrees North

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.