Blue Soda Springs, CA
Lower Crystal drops 204 vertical feet over 1,001 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Lower Crystal gets about 76% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Soda Springs. Its top sits at 7,050 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.