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Side Burn

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical94 ft
Length528 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNE
Top5,226 ft

Side Burn drops 94 vertical feet over 528 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 132nd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Side Burn holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 10°, Side Burn gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 83rd sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,230 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.

Side Burn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Side Burn 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.