Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Little Bear drops 260 vertical feet over 857 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Little Bear gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,850 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.