Black diamond Stevens Pass, WA
Cloud 9 drops 809 vertical feet over 2,046 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, Cloud 9 gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,660 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.