Double black (off-piste) Stevens Pass, WA
Lower Meadows drops 203 vertical feet over 884 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 10% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 53rd steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Lower Meadows gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 4,920 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.