Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
Blazing Elk drops 333 vertical feet over 983 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 73rd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Blazing Elk gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,640 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.