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Little Portillo

Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical262 ft
Length1,116 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top6,406 ft

Little Portillo drops 262 vertical feet over 1,116 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.

How well Little Portillo holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 14°, Little Portillo gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 76th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,410 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Little Portillo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Little Portillo 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.