Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA
Separate Reality drops 309 vertical feet over 1,312 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, Separate Reality gets about 51% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 5,000 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.