Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
The Nose drops 283 vertical feet over 572 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 30°, The Nose gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,110 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.