Double black Stevens Pass, WA
Lower Terminal drops 549 vertical feet over 2,563 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 13°, Lower Terminal gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,250 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.