Blue Mt Ashland, OR
Lower Bottom drops 175 vertical feet over 591 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 17°, Lower Bottom gets about 47% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 6,570 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.