Black diamond Mt Ashland, OR
Upper Winter drops 449 vertical feet over 1,037 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 26°, Upper Winter gets about 63% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 7,410 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.