Black diamond Mt Rose, NV
Northwest Passage drops 858 vertical feet over 2,372 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Northwest Passage gets about 48% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 9,170 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.