Black diamond Mission Ridge, WA
Lower Tyee drops 260 vertical feet over 689 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 28% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Lower Tyee gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,920 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.