Blue Mt Spokane, WA
Upper Northwest passage drops 229 vertical feet over 1,174 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 57 named runs at Mt Spokane. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Upper Northwest passage gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Spokane does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Mt Spokane. Its top sits at 5,790 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.