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White Salmon

Blue Mt Baker, WA

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical790 ft
Length3,727 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top4,838 ft

White Salmon drops 790 vertical feet over 3,727 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 35 named runs at Mt Baker. It faces northeast.

How well White Salmon holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, White Salmon gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baker does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Mt Baker. Its top sits at 4,840 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.

White Salmon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like White Salmon 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.