Black diamond Mission Ridge, WA
Aces drops 543 vertical feet over 1,339 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 24°, Aces gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,460 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.