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Sunnyside

Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical550 ft
Length984 ft
Average pitch34°
FacesSE
Top6,430 ft

Sunnyside drops 550 vertical feet over 984 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 570 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Sunnyside holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 34°, Sunnyside gets about 164% 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 11th sunniest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,430 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.

Sunnyside profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sunnyside 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.