Blue Mission Ridge, WA
Hidden Valley drops 487 vertical feet over 2,276 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 13°, Hidden Valley gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,960 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.