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Afterburn

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical122 ft
Length376 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top5,238 ft

Afterburn drops 122 vertical feet over 376 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 113th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.

How well Afterburn holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 19°, Afterburn gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,240 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Afterburn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Afterburn elsewhere

Nearby at Crystal Mountain

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.