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Chappelle's

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical813 ft
Length3,848 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top6,174 ft

Chappelle's drops 813 vertical feet over 3,848 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 2,920 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Chappelle's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Chappelle's gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,170 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Chappelle's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Chappelle's 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.