Black diamond Mission Ridge, WA
Ka-Wham Chutes drops 556 vertical feet over 1,717 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 20°, Ka-Wham Chutes gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 6,270 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.