Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
Niagaras drops 718 vertical feet over 1,283 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 46° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 35°, Niagaras gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,060 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.