Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
Upper Boondoggle. drops 157 vertical feet over 651 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Upper Boondoggle. gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,360 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.
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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.