Blue Mt Ashland, OR
West Dream drops 339 vertical feet over 1,334 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 40 named runs at Mt Ashland. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, West Dream gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Ashland does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Mt Ashland. Its top sits at 7,290 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.