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Greg's Gulch

Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical330 ft
Length783 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top5,860 ft

Greg's Gulch drops 330 vertical feet over 783 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Greg's Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Greg's Gulch gets about 142% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,860 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.

Greg's Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Greg's Gulch 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.