Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
Brain Damage drops 493 vertical feet over 763 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 41°, Brain Damage gets about 28% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,960 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.