Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
Sled Face drops 199 vertical feet over 576 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 97th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Sled Face gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 4,670 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.