Blue Mt Ashland, OR
Lower Tempest drops 488 vertical feet over 1,497 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Lower Tempest gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 6,890 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.