Blue Snow Summit, CA
East Why drops 510 vertical feet over 2,035 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 1,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 27 named runs at Snow Summit. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, East Why gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Summit does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Snow Summit. Its top sits at 8,120 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.