Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
Lower North drops 1,051 vertical feet over 2,698 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 2,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Lower North gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 4,940 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.
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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.