Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
Paradise drops 543 vertical feet over 1,560 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Paradise gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,320 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.