Black diamond Mission Ridge, WA
Otto's Outback drops 770 vertical feet over 4,315 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 2,130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 12°, Otto's Outback gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,550 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.