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Sheooard

Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical257 ft
Length580 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSE
Top6,286 ft

Sheooard drops 257 vertical feet over 580 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 69th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Sheooard holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 27°, Sheooard gets about 160% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,290 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sheooard profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sheooard 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.