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Gandy's Run

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical372 ft
Length1,473 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top5,687 ft

Gandy's Run drops 372 vertical feet over 1,473 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 107th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Gandy's Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Gandy's Run gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,690 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.

Gandy's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gandy's Run 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.