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Sonnet

Green Mt Ashland, OR

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical109 ft
Length901 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSW
Top6,694 ft

Sonnet drops 109 vertical feet over 901 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 410 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces southwest.

How well Sonnet holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 7°, Sonnet gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 6,690 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Sonnet profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sonnet elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Ashland

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.