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Siesta

Blue Mt Spokane, WA

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical59 ft
Length759 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesE
Top4,811 ft

Siesta drops 59 vertical feet over 759 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 52% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 57 named runs at Mt Spokane. It faces east.

How well Siesta holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 5°, Siesta gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Spokane does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th sunniest named run at Mt Spokane. Its top sits at 4,810 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.

Siesta profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Siesta 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.