Black diamond Mt Ashland, OR
Pistol drops 693 vertical feet over 1,999 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 950 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Pistol gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 7,130 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.