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Lower Canuck's

Black diamond Mt Baker, WA

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical432 ft
Length931 ft
Average pitch28°
FacesE
Top4,302 ft

Lower Canuck's drops 432 vertical feet over 931 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces east.

How well Lower Canuck's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 28°, Lower Canuck's gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,300 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.

Lower Canuck's profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Canuck's 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.