Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Gritz drops 450 vertical feet over 1,256 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 610 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Gritz gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's sunnier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,690 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.