Black diamond 49 Degrees North, WA
Wolf Den drops 503 vertical feet over 1,163 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 980 feet below the top. That's steeper than 59% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 83 named runs at 49 Degrees North. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 26°, Wolf Den gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at 49 Degrees North does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th 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.