Blue Mt Baker, WA
Border drops 243 vertical feet over 1,001 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Border gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,310 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.