Black diamond Stevens Pass, WA
Lower Voltage drops 322 vertical feet over 766 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 80 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, Lower Voltage gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 4,240 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.