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Wally's Way

Blue Crystal Mountain, WA

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical130 ft
Length638 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesN
Top5,383 ft

Wally's Way drops 130 vertical feet over 638 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 101st steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces north.

How well Wally's Way holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 12°, Wally's Way gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 5,380 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.

Wally's Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Wally's Way 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.