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C-3 Lift Line

Black diamond Mt Baker, WA

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical243 ft
Length1,096 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top4,315 ft

C-3 Lift Line drops 243 vertical feet over 1,096 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces northwest.

How well C-3 Lift Line holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 13°, C-3 Lift Line gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th 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.

C-3 Lift Line profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like C-3 Lift Line elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Baker

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.