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Aquarius

Blue Stevens Pass, WA

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical829 ft
Length3,288 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSE
Top5,195 ft

Aquarius drops 829 vertical feet over 3,288 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces southeast.

How well Aquarius holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 15°, Aquarius gets about 129% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,200 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Aquarius profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Aquarius elsewhere

Nearby at Stevens Pass

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.