Blue Mission Ridge, WA
Castle drops 447 vertical feet over 2,377 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 2,170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 11°, Castle gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,710 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.