Unrated Crystal Mountain, WA
pickhandle ridge drops 1,368 vertical feet over 4,897 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 48° about 3,650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, pickhandle ridge gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,300 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.