Blue Mission Ridge, WA
Sitkum drops 1,074 vertical feet over 4,758 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 55 named runs at Mission Ridge. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Sitkum gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mission Ridge does, December through March. That's shadier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Mission Ridge. Its top sits at 5,760 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.