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Walla Walla Sweets

Blue Bluewood, WA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical215 ft
Length1,170 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top4,911 ft

Walla Walla Sweets drops 215 vertical feet over 1,170 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 37 named runs at Bluewood. It faces northeast.

How well Walla Walla Sweets holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 11°, Walla Walla Sweets gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bluewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Bluewood. Its top sits at 4,910 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.

Walla Walla Sweets profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Walla Walla Sweets 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.