Double black Mt Baker, WA
The Canyon drops 697 vertical feet over 2,606 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 32% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 16°, The Canyon gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,470 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.