Black diamond Mt Ashland, OR
Upper Tempest drops 552 vertical feet over 1,312 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 25°, Upper Tempest gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 7,440 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.