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Rolling Knolls

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical490 ft
Length1,945 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top5,641 ft

Rolling Knolls drops 490 vertical feet over 1,945 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 96th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Rolling Knolls holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Rolling Knolls gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 79th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,640 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rolling Knolls profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rolling Knolls 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.