Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
Damn Fine Forest drops 425 vertical feet over 1,103 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Damn Fine Forest gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,260 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.