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Otto-Bahn

Blue Mt Baker, WA

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical334 ft
Length1,801 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top4,207 ft

Otto-Bahn drops 334 vertical feet over 1,801 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces southeast.

How well Otto-Bahn holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Otto-Bahn gets about 124% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's sunnier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,210 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.

Otto-Bahn profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Otto-Bahn 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.