Double black Stevens Pass, WA
Nancy Chute, Solitude drops 113 vertical feet over 310 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 53° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 70 named runs at Stevens Pass. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 23°, Nancy Chute, Solitude gets about 32% of the winter sun that flat ground at Stevens Pass does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Stevens Pass. Its top sits at 5,690 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.