Green Ski Smithers, BC
North Face Ski Way drops 322 vertical feet over 4,221 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 5°, North Face Ski Way gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 4,060 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 lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.