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Honkers

Black diamond Mt Baker, WA

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical211 ft
Length510 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top3,867 ft

Honkers drops 211 vertical feet over 510 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces southeast.

How well Honkers holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Honkers gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 3,870 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Honkers profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Honkers 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.