Blue Crystal Mountain, WA
Berry Patch drops 272 vertical feet over 792 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Berry Patch gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 63rd sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,410 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.