Double black Crystal Mountain, WA
Three Way Exit Chute drops 509 vertical feet over 1,209 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 26°, Three Way Exit Chute gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,520 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.