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Exterminator

Double black Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical1,811 ft
Length3,975 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesE
Top6,219 ft

Exterminator drops 1,811 vertical feet over 3,975 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 1,090 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.

How well Exterminator holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 28°, Exterminator gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,220 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.

Exterminator profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Exterminator 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.