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Tamarack Trees

Double black (off-piste) Bluewood, WA

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical351 ft
Length1,143 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesNE
Top5,354 ft

Tamarack Trees drops 351 vertical feet over 1,143 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 37 named runs at Bluewood. It faces northeast.

How well Tamarack Trees holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 18°, Tamarack Trees gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bluewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Bluewood. Its top sits at 5,350 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.

Tamarack Trees profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tamarack Trees elsewhere

Nearby at Bluewood

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.