Black diamond Mt Ashland, OR
Upper Bottom drops 516 vertical feet over 1,406 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 8th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 22°, Upper Bottom gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 7,080 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.