Blue Mission Ridge, WA
Kiwa drops 838 vertical feet over 3,278 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 150 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Kiwa gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 29th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 6,180 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.