Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Lower Dutchman drops 427 vertical feet over 3,075 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 8°, Lower Dutchman gets about 94% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,570 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.