Blue 49 Degrees North, WA
Rook drops 156 vertical feet over 445 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 77% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Rook gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 4,340 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.