Blue Snowshoe Mountain, WV
Cascade drops 536 vertical feet over 2,546 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 63 named runs at Snowshoe Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Cascade gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snowshoe Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Snowshoe Mountain. Its top sits at 4,690 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.