Double black Mission Ridge, WA
Chute 5 drops 627 vertical feet over 2,267 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 770 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Chute 5 gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 6,440 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.