Black diamond Stevens Pass, WA
Borealis drops 448 vertical feet over 1,199 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 22°, Borealis gets about 98% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 4,330 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.