Double black Ski Smithers, BC
Which Way drops 605 vertical feet over 1,532 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Which Way gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 4,650 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.