Black diamond Mt Spokane, WA
Old Northwest drops 281 vertical feet over 939 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 24% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 57 named runs at Mt Spokane. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 18°, Old Northwest gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Spokane does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th shadiest named run at Mt Spokane. Its top sits at 5,600 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.