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Middle Arwine's

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical150 ft
Length785 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top5,308 ft

Middle Arwine's drops 150 vertical feet over 785 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 124th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Middle Arwine's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Middle Arwine's gets about 120% 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 41st sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,310 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.

Middle Arwine's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Middle Arwine's 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.