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Left Angle

Double black Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch40°
Vertical763 ft
Length1,358 ft
Average pitch34°
FacesE
Top6,118 ft

Left Angle drops 763 vertical feet over 1,358 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.

How well Left Angle holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing east at an average 34°, Left Angle gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 61% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,120 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.

Left Angle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Left Angle 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.