Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA
Scimitar drops 1,021 vertical feet over 2,846 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 2,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Scimitar gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 5,340 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.