Black diamond Mt Baker, WA
North Face drops 894 vertical feet over 3,290 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 1,730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, North Face gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,970 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.