Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Northeast Ridge drops 400 vertical feet over 1,771 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,660 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, Northeast Ridge gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 5,220 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.