Black diamond Mt Spokane, WA
Skid Road drops 544 vertical feet over 1,931 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 57 named runs at Mt Spokane. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 16°, Skid Road gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Spokane does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Mt Spokane. Its top sits at 5,200 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.