Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
Powder 8s drops 418 vertical feet over 703 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 37°, Powder 8s gets about 101% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 60th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,740 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.