Black diamond Kirkwood, CA
Olympic drops 1,355 vertical feet over 4,465 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 1,770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 58 named runs at Kirkwood. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Olympic gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kirkwood does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th shadiest named run at Kirkwood. Its top sits at 9,160 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.