Double black Bluewood, WA
Alderon drops 547 vertical feet over 1,821 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 37 named runs at Bluewood. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Alderon gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bluewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Bluewood. Its top sits at 5,340 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.