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Lower Gemini

Blue Stevens Pass, WA

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical505 ft
Length1,448 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top4,364 ft

Lower Gemini drops 505 vertical feet over 1,448 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces east.

How well Lower Gemini holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 21°, Lower Gemini gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 4,360 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.

Lower Gemini profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Gemini 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.