Blue Crystal Mountain, WA
Downhill drops 981 vertical feet over 4,167 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 3,560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 108th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 14°, Downhill gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 59th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,230 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.