Blue Mission Ridge, WA
Lower Tumwater drops 246 vertical feet over 1,067 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 20% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Lower Tumwater gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,410 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.