Black diamond Crystal Mountain, WA
West Face drops 223 vertical feet over 471 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 77th steepest of 133 named runs at Crystal Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 28°, West Face gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Crystal Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Crystal Mountain. Its top sits at 6,260 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.