Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA
Virtue drops 933 vertical feet over 2,512 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 22°, Virtue gets about 52% 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 28th shadiest named run at 49 Degrees North. Its top sits at 5,630 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.