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Lower Nastar

Blue Mt Spokane, WA

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical396 ft
Length1,928 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top4,776 ft

Lower Nastar drops 396 vertical feet over 1,928 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 57 named runs at Mt Spokane. It faces southeast.

How well Lower Nastar holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Lower Nastar gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Spokane does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Mt Spokane. Its top sits at 4,780 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.

Lower Nastar profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Nastar elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Spokane

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.