Black diamond Mission Ridge, WA
Castle Face drops 135 vertical feet over 270 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 30°, Castle Face gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,480 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.