Blue Stevens Pass, WA
Barrier Ridge drops 416 vertical feet over 1,731 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 54th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Barrier Ridge gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,260 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.