Unrated Soda Springs, CA
Upper Crystal drops 249 vertical feet over 762 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 16 named runs at Soda Springs. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 19°, Upper Crystal gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Soda Springs does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Soda Springs. Its top sits at 7,300 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.