Blue Mt Rose, NV
Upper Northwest drops 161 vertical feet over 563 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 65 named runs at Mt Rose. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 17°, Upper Northwest gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Rose does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Mt Rose. Its top sits at 9,510 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.