Black diamond Loup Loup, WA
Volunteer drops 1,183 vertical feet over 3,639 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 15 named runs at Loup Loup. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Volunteer gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Loup Loup does, December through March. That's shadier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Loup Loup. Its top sits at 5,240 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.