Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA
Silver Drife drops 209 vertical feet over 678 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Silver Drife gets about 40% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 5,710 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.